Adviser to BNP chairperson Bijon Kanti Sarkar speaks to journalists after submitting a letter to the Election Commission on Sunday, November 11, 2018 Dhaka TribuneThe letter, obtained by the Dhaka Tribune, also requested the commission to defer the December 23 election be postponed by a monthSeven parties, also members of BNP-led 20-party alliance, seek BNP’s sheaf of paddy symbol to contest in the 11th general election. The parties are- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), Khelafat Majlis, Jatiya Gonotantrik Party (Jagpa), Bangladesh Kalyan Party, Bangladesh Muslim League, and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Bangladesh. Dhaka TribuneA letter, signed by BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in this regard was submitted with the Election Commission on Sunday. Adviser to BNP chairperson Bijon Kanti Sarkar submitted the letter to the CEC. The letter, obtained by the Dhaka Tribune, also requested the commission to defer the December 23 election be postponed by a month.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 11, 2018 15:56 UTC