EC to hold dialogue with BNP–Jamaat and 10 other political parties today

The Election Commission (EC) is holding dialogues with political parties ahead of the upcoming 13th national election.

As part of that process, the EC will sit on Wednesday with leaders and representatives from 12 parties, including the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, at the conference room of the Election Building in Agargaon, Dhaka.

Asadul Haque, assistant director of the EC’s public relations wing, confirmed the schedule on Monday.

He said the EC invited Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh Minority Janata Party (BMJP), Insaniyat Biplob, National Citizens’ Party (NCP), Ganosamhati Andolon, and National Democratic Movement (NDM) for talks on the morning of November 19.

From 2pm, the EC will meet the BNP, Bangladesh National Party (BJP), Ganodhikar Parishad (GOP), Nagorik Oikya, Bangladesh Republican Party (BRP), and the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist).

Ahead of the 13th parliamentary election, the EC invited 48 parties for dialogues across four days—Thursday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.

With two newly registered parties, the country now has 55 registered political parties. In addition, the EC has suspended the Awami League’s registration and cancelled the registration of three other parties.