The Election Commission is planning to invite former chief election commissioners and election commissioners to a discussion on parliamentary and local government polls and electoral reforms, an incumbent election commissioner said yesterday.

The talks would be held after Eid-ul-Fitr, Election Commissioner Zabed Ali told reporters al the EC Secretariat. The present CECs and ECs want to learn from what their predecessors had experienced in jobs and apply those in the next polls, he added.

Zabed said he personally supported some proposals for electoral reforms made by the immediate past EC led by ATM Shamsul I luda.

The past EC had proposed that the cabinet division and the ministries of public administration, LGRD and home affairs should consult with the EC before taking any decision in regard to the polls al the election time.

"I think the ministries of education, health and land should also be included," Zabed noted.

Citing the past EC's proposal for restricting parliamentary seats for the capital to 10, he said the number should further be down to eight.

If the EC redraw the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies on the basis of current population, the capital will get 20 seats, Zabed said, "Bui it cannot be allowed. If we allow it, seats in rural areas will be significantly decreased."