EC to hold dialogue with 24 political parties including Jamaat

The Election Commission (EC) is set to hold a two-day dialogue with 24 registered political parties including Jamaat-e-Islami.

The dialogue will be held on Sunday, November 16 and Monday, November 17.

EC Public Relations Assistant Director Md. Ashadul Haque confirmed this information.

He said that the six parties that are being invited for the Sunday morning's session are Gonoforum, Gono Front, Islamic Front Bangladesh, Islami Oikyajote, Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) and Bangladesh Jatiya Party.

The six other parties for the afternoon session are Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Bangladesh Jasod, Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP, Trinomul BNP, Krishak Sramik Janata League, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis and Islami Andolan Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Labour Party, Bangladesh Cultural Liberation Front, Bangladesh National Awami Party, Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, Bangladesh Kalyan Party and Bangladesh Muslim League (BML) will participate in the dialogue between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm on Monday. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), Bangladesh Development Party, Bangladesh Islami Front, Khelafat Majlis and Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) will participate from 2 pm to 4 pm.

Through this dialogue, the Election Commission will exchange views with political parties and prepare for making the upcoming elections fair and participatory.

The Election Commission opened its much-talked-about pre-election dialogue with registered political parties on Thursday by holding discussions with six parties in the first session of the day.

On the opening day, the Commission held talks with a total of 12 registered political parties in two separate sessions.

The 12 parties are the Liberal Democratic Party-LDP, Bangladesh Congress, Bangladesh Muslim League, National People's Party, Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan, Jamiyate Ulamaye Islam, Bangladesh Communist Party of Bangladesh-CPB, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal-Basod, Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nationalist Front-BNF and Bangladesh Nationalist Movement-BNM.

Currently, there are 53 registered political parties, excluding the Awami League, whose registration remains suspended. Besides, the EC recognised three new parties, including NCP, as registered parties.