According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, the 12th National Assembly elections will be held on January 7. After publication of the list of candidates, if any of the valid candidates do not want to contest, they will have the opportunity to withdraw their candidature till December 17. Symbols will be allotted to the candidates on 18th December. Candidates will start the official campaign after receiving the symbol. These processes of elections are related to the Election Commission (EC).
On the other hand, the parties participating in the polls had already written to the EC for coalition-based voting, but could not agree to the periodic meetings of the parties. Most of the parties participating in the polls are direct partners of the Awami League-led 14-party coalition and grand coalition. Analysts have already confirmed in the various activities and activities of those who are participating in the polls outside of this alliance that they are in some way keeping up with the ruling party. These parties also secretly want seat reconciliation with the Awami League. Analysts believe that Trinamool BNP, led by two leaders expelled from the 12-party alliance, Kalyan Party came to the polls through a kind of compromise with Awami League. However, it has not been confirmed from any side what kind of agreement will be made or what kind of agreement will be made between these two parties. Awami League's big allies in this election are the Jatiya Party and 14 party alliance partners. For that reason, although the Awami League is more interested in voting on its symbol, the alliance partners are not daring. Because they are fare of losing polls. They do not even want Awami League rebel candidates or independent candidates in the seats left by the alliance partners. On the other hand, the Jatiya Party, another major ally of the ruling party, which is the opposition party in Jatiya Sangsad, also wants seat reconciliation with the Awami League. This once-in-power party has continued to exist in politics in alliance with the ruling party for more than two decades. This time, 289 of the 300 seats in the 12th National Assembly elections have announced their candidates, but these candidates are not daring to contest the polls. Current and former members of parliament and former ministers in the party are considered heavyweight candidates.
But even these heavyweight candidates do not want to contest the polls with the boat symbol candidates. For this reason, the top leaders of the party have already held several meetings with the Awami League. But they could not come to any agreement even though they met from time to time. Jatiya Party Secretary General Mojibul Haque Chunnu said that there will be more meetings with the Awami League. When asked why no agreement was reached despite several rounds of meetings earlier, JaPa General Secretary said, Awami League knows this well. He said that only they know when the Awami League will decide on seat compromise.
He also said that the meeting of Awami League was not only about seat agreement but also about how to make the election beautiful. Stating that there will be more meetings, he said that apart from the election, the Jatiya Party had discussions with the Awami League on various issues. Meanwhile, the leaders of the 14-party alliance partners do not have 14 MPs in the current parliament. In the current Parliament, the Bangladesh Workers Party has three seats, Hasanul Haque Inu has three seats, the Tariqat Federation has two seats, and the Jatiya Party (JP) has one seat. These parties have demanded three times more seats from the ruling party in this election. However, it is known from party sources that the ruling party wants to give fewer seats than before.
Among the other parties of the 14-party alliance, the Samyavadi Party, Basad, Democratic Party, and the rest have also sought exemption of multiple seats. As a result, there was no agreement even though there were several meetings. 14-party alliance partner and current member of parliament, Bangladesh Workers Party president Radesh Khan Menon said that he asked the Awami League, the Awami League could best tell why the agreement is being delayed. He also said that his party has asked Awami League for seven seats in this election. Analysts believe that the deal is hanging because of the huge difference in demand with the partners. Because the opposition parties including BNP-Jamaat did not contest the elections, the Awami League wanted the Jatia Party and the members of the 14 parties to contest the elections under their respective symbols. However because these parties cannot trust their abilities, many people want to vote for the boat symbol. Although the Awami League is somewhat annoyed by this, it continues to negotiate a compromise in the larger interest of preserving the alliance.
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