Dhaka: In an escalating political tension, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) accused the radical Islamist Party Jamaat-e-Islami of attempting to delay the country's upcoming general elections through various "tactics", including street agitation, local media reported. "There were a few rallies of Jamaat and other parties across the country on Friday. Some newspapers carried headlines on Saturday saying that Jamaat leaders claimed they will form the government while the BNP will sit in opposition. He asserted that the BNP knows that the real motive of Jamaat is "to derail the national elections." Earlier on Thursday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir slammed the joint street programmes announced by several radical Islamist parties, including Jamaat, arguing that pressing for demands, such as the PR system in elections, is "not good for democracy".