AL-led 6-party alliance forged eying JS women seats
Monday, 10 February 2014
Awami League (AL) Sunday informed the Election Commission (EC) that it has forged an alliance with six political parties to contest the elections to parliamentary seats kept aside for women, reports UNB.
AL election conducting committee member Riazul Kabir Kawsar submitted a list of 247 MPs of the alliance to the EC Secretariat to count them as voters of the upcoming elections to the 50 reserved seats.
The AL-led six-party alliance has been forged with Bangladesh Workers' Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad), Anwar Hossain Monzu-led Jatiya Party (JP), Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF).
"We've submitted a list of 247 MPs of our alliance to the Election Commission. Now the commission will finalise the allocation of the reserved seats for the alliance," Kawsar told the news agency.
Out of the current 297 MPs, AL has got 231, while Workers' Party six, Jasad five, JP and Tarikat two each, and BNF one.
Besides, HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party has got 34 while independent 16.