report in The Daily Star, Dec 17, 2023Bangladesh Congress has threatened to withdraw all its 121 candidates from the electoral race alleging that the ruling Awami League wants to extend its stay in power by holding an election through sharing seats. Speaking at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity, party Chairman Kazi Rezaul Hossen yesterday said they do not want to be used as the ladder for any party’s route to power. Today is…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 8, 2023Ruling Awami League is yet to come to an understanding with the alliance and partners regarding the election. Their ally Jatiya Party (JaPa) and partners of the 14 party alliance first want the Awami League candidates in their seats to be withdrawn. They also want assurance that no independent candidate of Awami League contest in the seats left to them. Over the past three to four days, Prime Minister…
report in Prothom ALo, Dec 3, 2023The partners of the 14-party alliance led by the ruling Awami League have expressed dissatisfaction over the seat-sharing ahead of the 12th parliamentary election slated to be held on 7 January. Given this situation, alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu has initiated informal discussions on behalf of the Awami League regarding the distribution of seats after the process of submitting nomination papers is completed. On Saturday, some top leaders of…
By Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, March 21,2023The Madhesh-based Janata Samajbadi Party, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal during his floor test on Monday. Under the new power equation, the door has opened for government expansion. Although all three Madhesh-based parties are now part of the new alliance led by the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), the Madheshi parties are divided.…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, May 15, 2023The ruling and the opposition parties on Sunday agreed to stick to their last month’s deal on sharing the leadership in the parliamentary committees and endorsing various bills. The top leaders of the Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre) had on April 23 agreed to give leadership of three House committees to the main opposition in return for its support in endorsing the…