He expressed recruiting civil society members in politics to fight corruption and terrorism and establish good governance in the country through an alternate stream (lit.

However, due to some ideological differences LDP was split and Dr. Chowdhury along with his followers went back to form Bikalpa Dhara again in 2007.

[5] Since both M A Mannan and Mahi B Chowdhury were ruling party parliamentarians during their defection to Bikalpa Dhara, their seats were vacated and by-elections declared.

The Dhaka-10 constituency was contested between former MP M A Mannan and BNP's Mosaddek Ali Falu[7] (main opposition Awami League had boycotted the by-polls).

Falu, also political adviser to the Prime Minister, won the elections comprehensively, but the polls were considered to be sham by most observers,[7][8] including, according to WikiLeaks, the United States.

[2][10] However, Dr Chowdhury and Mannan were reinstated to their respective roles within the party in April 2009 after a presidium meeting.

[13] Bikalpa Dhara believed that the Awami League-led Grand Alliance had failed in fulfilling their duties as the government, and a scheme of having fresh elections at the earliest must be hatched.

For instance, Bikalpa Dhara were invited by BNP to join their mass hunger strike on 12 July.