Five more Jatiyo Party candidates yesterday quit the election race citing doubts about the fairness of the January 7 election as one of the reasons.
Candidates of Jatiyo Party, the main opposition party in parliament, are vying for 265 seats on paper, but most of them are not campaigning.
Jatiyo Party chairman GM Quader and secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu claimed on several occasions that their party has no consensus with the ruling Awami League regarding the upcoming national elections.
Even after getting walkovers from the ruling Awami League in 26 constituencies, the main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party is worried about winning them all, JP insiders said.
BNP and Jamaat are planning to form coordination committees across the country to bring pace to their ongoing anti-government movement and to resist the January 7 polls.
The Jatiya Party has failed to persuade the ruling Awami League to withdraw its nominees from more than 26 constituencies.
Negotiations with the Awami League have not yet been fruitful for the Jatiya Party as the ruling party won’t withdraw its nominees from more than 26 constituencies for the JP aspirants to win easily.
The ruling Awami League yesterday agreed in principle to withdraw its nominees in 30 constituencies, so that Jatiya Party candidates do not have to compete against AL picks.
Five more Jatiyo Party candidates yesterday quit the election race citing doubts about the fairness of the January 7 election as one of the reasons.
Candidates of Jatiyo Party, the main opposition party in parliament, are vying for 265 seats on paper, but most of them are not campaigning.
Jatiyo Party chairman GM Quader and secretary general Mujibul Haque Chunnu claimed on several occasions that their party has no consensus with the ruling Awami League regarding the upcoming national elections.
Even after getting walkovers from the ruling Awami League in 26 constituencies, the main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party is worried about winning them all, JP insiders said.
BNP and Jamaat are planning to form coordination committees across the country to bring pace to their ongoing anti-government movement and to resist the January 7 polls.
The Jatiya Party has failed to persuade the ruling Awami League to withdraw its nominees from more than 26 constituencies.
Negotiations with the Awami League have not yet been fruitful for the Jatiya Party as the ruling party won’t withdraw its nominees from more than 26 constituencies for the JP aspirants to win easily.
The ruling Awami League yesterday agreed in principle to withdraw its nominees in 30 constituencies, so that Jatiya Party candidates do not have to compete against AL picks.
The decision on the much-talked-about seat-sharing between the ruling Awami League and the main opposition Jatiya Party is likely to be finalised in a meeting of the top leaders from the two parties today, JP insiders said.
Amid doubts that Jatiya Party may withdraw from the electoral race, the main opposition party has assured the ruling Awami League of running