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Seat Sharing

AL yet to reach accord with JP, LDP

Hasan Jahid Tusher
Awami League (AL) is yet to finalise sharing of seats with any components of the grand electoral alliance including Jatiya Party (JP) and Liberal Democratic Party while the last date for filing nominations for the December 29 parliamentary election expires tomorrow.
The party has completed seat-sharing with three of its allies in the 14-party combine, now reduced to a nine-party coalition. Of the three, .Workers' Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal got three seats each while Gonotantri Party got one.
Sources said leaders of the three parties have become frustrated over such a sharing of seats and are negotiating with the AL high ups for more seats.
Leaders of the AL and JP yesterday held a meeting at AL President Sheikh Hasina's political office at Dhanmondi from 11:00am to 6:00pm but failed to reach a consensus on the number of seats to be shared. They will sit again todayat 11:00am.
Sources said both the parties decided that they would not disclose their sharing of seats till expiry of the last date of filing nominations
JP leaders will consult party Chairman HM Ershad before sitting with AL leaders today.
Talking to reporters, JP acting chairman Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, who led the two-member party delegation to the meeting yesterday, said they reviewed the issue of 50 seats for their party. "We will sit again tomorrow [today] and finalise the matter."
An LDP delegation led by party Secretary General Jahanara Begum also went to the AL president's office but returned as AL leaders told the team they had another meeting.
Some sources said the LDP might not walk with the AL-led grand alliance finally. The AL has asked LDP to file nominations in all the 300 constituencies, which made it uncertain if the party will remain in the grand alliance, the sources added.
Talking to The Daily Star, JP Presidium Member Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, who was on the party delegation at yesterday's meeting with AL leaders, said, "We have completed the ground work for reaching a consensus over seat-sharing and hope to finalise it tomorrow [today],"
Jahanara Begum said their party sought 20 seats but the matter has not been finalised. "We went to the Awami League president's office but they [AL leaders) did not sit with us saying they had another meeting."
Asked whether the LDP plans to forge alliance with any parties other than the AU she said they have not drought about it yet. “We arc waiting for a meeting with Awami League."