Jatiya Oikya Front, a new anti-government alliance, will announce its decision on Sunday on whether it will join the 11th parliamentary election.
Published : 10 Nov 2018, 10:38 PM
Dr Kamal Hossain, chief of the Oikya Front, will brief the media on its decision at 1pm at the National Press Club, said BNP Secretary General and alliance leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir after a meeting on Saturday night.
Earlier in the day, the BNP and its allies announced that they will take a decision in two days on whether it will join the parliamentary election.
The 20-party alliance held talks at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan offices on Saturday evening.
“We have discussed the election and the overall political situation. We have not yet determined whether to go to the polls or not. A decision will come in two days,” Liberal Democratic Party President Oli Ahmed, an ally of the BNP-led group, said after the meeting.
The election will be held on Dec 23, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said on Thursday.
The polls schedule came despite the Jatiya Oikya Front’s repeated requests not to declare the roadmap before resolving the crisis over the election.
The deadline for filing nominations is Nov 19. Returning officers will scrutinise the nomination papers on Nov 22 and the final date for withdrawing candidacy is Nov 29, according to the schedule.