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Major parties ignore EC registration rule

SHAKHAWAT LITON
All major political parties are yet to apply for registration with the Election Commission (EC), two years after the enactment of a rule that requires the exercise to streamline general elections.
But as the rule is not mandatory, all major parties including the Bangladesh Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh have not taken it seriously.
The EC laid down the law in July 2001 through a circulation a got applications from 29 parties, mostly fringe outfits.
The 29 include three factions of the Jatiya Party, each applying for
'plough' as election symbol. The Krishak Shramik Janata League, led by Kader Siddiqui, Bir Uttam, did also apply.
Others are name-only political entities and do not have any representative in the Jatiya Sangsad.
The applications are lying with the EC.
"The process was initiated to ensure the participation of only major political parties in general elections and shed a huge bulk of documentation," an EC official said, requesting anonymity.
But small parties are taking the opportunity to register themselves as national organisations, at least on paper, he added.
"At the same time, all major
parties are skirting around the provision as it is not mandatory, making the move meaningless."
However, the registration process is on and two Jatiya parties, led by former president Hussein Mohammed Ershad and ex-minister Anwar Hossain Monju, are going to be listed soon.
Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Mohammed Abu Hena initiated the process of mandatory registration and sent a proposal to the Awami League government to this end.
Taking office next, M A Sayeed also took up the issue and held several meetings with political parties, but did not make the pro
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The parties that have applied for registration so far are Jatiya Party (Ersahd), Jatiya Party (Monju), Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Naziur), Bangladesh Muslim League, Bangladesh Krishak Shramik Awami League, Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party, Jaker Party, Krishak Shramik Janata League, Muslim League, Jatiya Janata Party, Samriddha Bangladesh Andolon, Islami Shikkhatantrik Dal, Ganatantri Party, Bangladesh Progressive Party, Liberal Democrats' Party, Bangladesh Janata Party, Islami Front, Jatiya Tanti Dal, Khelafat Andolan, Social Democratic Party, Quran Sunnat Bastabayan Party, Gano Congress, People's Freedom Party, Forward Party, Islamic Front, Islami Shasantantra Andolon, People's Action Party and Bangladesh Labour Party.