Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the government move shows the ruling party’s 'love for the Pakistani flag' though his party (BNP) is often criticised by the Awami League for 'siding with the pro-Pakistanis.

"Whose design do you want to reinstate? Do you want to tear down other establishments to save the Pakistani flag? You will have to answer these questions to the people," he said at a discussion in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Kahn designed the structure in the early 1960s, when the regime of Pakistan’s first military ruler, General Ayub Khan, decided that Dhaka would be the Second Capital of what was then the East Pakistan.

Following Bangladesh’s liberation in 1971, the parliament building was transformed into the country’s Jatiya Sangsad.

Kahn’s design is interpreted by many that it bore the resemblance of Pakistan flag - the positioning of Crescent Lake and the main parliament complex resemble to the crescent moon and five-rayed star at the centre of the Pakistani national flag.

However, the design has been breached by many structures which were not included in the original design including that of the grave of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.

Restoring the original design means all those structures wuld be removed from the precinct of the parliament complex.