Four parties apply to form election alliance with AL

Four political parties have formally submitted their requests to Election Commission to form an alliance with Awami League (AL) for the upcoming 12th national parliamentary election.

The parties are --- the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), led by Hasanul Haque Inu; Samyabadi Dal led by Dilip Barua; Jatiya Party (JP) led by Anwar Hossain Manju; and the Workers Party led by Rashed Khan Menon; according to EC sources.

The four parties have, so far, informed the Election Commission about their interest and formally submitted their alliance requests at the Agargaon election building in the capital on Saturday.

November 18 is the last day for parties to inform the commission whether they want to take part in polls in alliance and what symbol they want to use in the polls.