After daylong negotiations at the BNP chief’s Gulshan offices in Dhaka amid violent protests by disgruntled candidates on Saturday, the party reportedly gave 19 seats to its allies in the Jatiya Oikya Front. BNP leaders confirmed that the Jamaat-e-Islami in the 20-Party alliance got 17 constituencies to fight for. A number of BNP leaders were cleared by the EC through hearings of their appeals against rejection of their nomination by the returning officers, while some others were barred. In the 2008 elections, the BNP candidates contested for 259 seats leaving the 41 others for the allies in the Jamaat coalition. [Click here for the names of the candidates of the BNP and its allies confirmed on Saturday in Bangla.]

Source: bd News24 December 08, 2018 16:41 UTC