The candidates with paddy sheaf include 242 from the BNP, according to a list the party sent to the Election Commission on Sunday, the deadline for withdrawal of nomination. The BNP has left 17 seats for the candidates with paddy sheaf from its other allies than the Jamaat in the 20-Party coalition. These include five for the Liberal Democratic Party, two for the Khelafat Majlish, three for the Jamiayte Ulamaye Islam, two for the Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar), and one each for the Bangladesh Jatiya Party, the Kalyan Party, the National People’s Party, the Labour Party, and the People’s Party of Bangladesh. Among the 19 Oikya Front candidates with the paddy sheaf logo, seven are from the Gono Forum, and four each from the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, the Nagorik Oikya, and the Krishak Sramik Janata League. Among the BNP’s allies, 21 of the Jamaat-e-Islami candidates will use the BNP’s name and the paddy sheaf logo as it lost registration with the EC.

Source: bd News24 December 09, 2018 17:37 UTC