Khelafat Majlis has decided to refrain from all activities of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance, saying the coalition was primarily an electoral arrangement whose effectiveness ended after the election. The decision was made on Saturday at the third general session of its central Majlis-e-Shura at the Diploma Engineers Institute auditorium, according to a statement published on July 25.

A notice signed by central publicity secretary engineer Abdul Hafiz Khasru said the party had still participated in some alliance programmes after the election. It said Khelafat Majlis would now stay away from all programmes of the 11-party alliance. The statement did not cite any other immediate reason for the decision.

Khelafat Majlis said efforts to build a broader unity would continue if needed for the country, the nation and Islam. After a June 13 divisional rally of the 11 parties in Chattogram, the party formally asked the alliance not to use its name or its leaders’ names on banners or in publicity. Its name was later used at a rally in Rangpur but was removed following objections, party sources said.