In the last two elections, the Jatiya Party came in second in parliamentary polls after the BNP’s boycott in 2014 and the debacle in 2018. Can they form an alliance and become an opposition party or not? The victorious independent candidates even united after the 2014 polls and joined the ruling party three and a half years later. This time too, if the independent candidates form a coalition and elect someone as their leader, then the Jatiya Party will have no chance to become the main opposition party, many experts believe. Of the rest, one is from the Jatiya Party and another defected from the BNP.

Source: bd News24 January 08, 2024 22:13 UTC