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Published : 15 Dec 2013, 07:29 PM
However, he has not, foreclosed possibilities of returning to the fold and reuniting with its Chairman HM Ershad.
Ahmed had proclaimed himself the chairman of the party of which Hussein Muhammad Ershad is the chairman, soon after being expelled on Nov 28.
The Council will be held on Dec 20. Around 30 presidium members were with him, he told reporters at his residence in capital Dhaka’s Gulshan.
Asked whether he would forge an alliance with Ershad again, the one-time Prime Minister in Ershad’s government said, “Talks can be held on uniting with him. But there is little chance of that happening.”
A rift developed between Ershad and Ahmed once Ershad joined the election-time interim government after quitting the Awami League-led Grand Alliance.
Earshad on Nov 28 announced Ahmed's expulsion following Ahmed's public criticism of his mentor. In a counter move, Ahmed claimed a party council meeting had removed Ershad.
In a surprise move, Ershad, within days, announced his boycott of the Jan 5 parliamentary election, directing his party leaders to quit Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's poll-time interim government.
A process of new polarisation began within the Jatiya Party, as Ershad was taken to the Combined Military Hospital under RAB escort on Dec 12.
Ershad himself, his brother GM Quader and Secretary General Ruhul Amin Howlader had withdrawn their nominations while his wife and 18 others are going to win uncontested in the next elections.
Ahmed said the Jatiya Party was now split into two factions, one siding with Ershad and another with his wife Raushan Ershad.
He said he had no clue to the cause of the conflict because of "a smokescreen over this".
But he hoped the two leaders would maintain this position in the future, though adding "there is nothing impossible for Ershad".
He feared that undemocratic force might take over amid the prevailing political chaos. “The situation has gone out of the government’s control. Various rumours are being heard.”
He called on the President to find a solution to the preset crisis by holding talks with all the parties and asking Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and the Election Commission to revise the election schedule.
