Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
Awami League (AL) seeks for the list of candidates from the 14-party alliance partners, who submitted nomination papers for various constituencies. 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 the alliance partners visited the residence of the alliance coordinator in Iskaton and engaged in discussions with him.
Amir Hossain Amu also had phone conversations with some leaders, assuring them that there will be a meeting soon with the head of the alliance and Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina.
Sources within the alliance revealed that Amir Hossain Amu requested the list of candidates from the 14-party alliance partners, who submitted nomination papers for various constituencies. He also inquired about the priority seats of the alliance partners, and several parties have already submitted their lists.
According to relevant sources, consideration is being given to partners who currently have members of parliament among the alliance. The Awami League is reportedly not thinking about the others.
Despite this, the Awami League has already sent a message that they will not allocate the seat to JSD general secretary Shirin Akhtar in Feni.
Shirin Akhtar is a two-time member of parliament from Feni-2 constituency, and the Awami League has nominated Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury, a former executive member of the central committee, for this seat.
Currently, among the 14-party alliance members in the parliament, the Workers’ Party has three seats, the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) has three seats, and the Tariqat Federation and the Jatiya Party (JP) have one seat each, totaling eight seats.