The ruling Awami League says it will not share more than 70 seats with its partners in the Grand Alliance and 14-Party Alliance.
“We have had talks with all the allies, including the Jatiya Party. Now the issue of sharing parliamentary seats (for the election) is being finalised, which will be formally announced by a day or two,” its General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Saturday (Nov 24).
It’s yet to be finalised how many seats HM Ershad-led Jatiya Party will get, he told the media after a meeting at the party’s Bangabandhu Avenue headquarters. “The allies will not get more than 65 to seats.”
On Saturday, the Awami League had a meeting with a Jatiya Party delegation led by its Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader.
“We expect to get a fair number of seats,” he said after the meeting at the AL headquarters.
The same day the ruling party held talks with Hasanul Haq Inu-led JaSaD faction and Workers’ Party of Bangladesh led by Rashed Khan Menon.