President Abdul Hamid has started a dialogue with the leaders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) on the formation of the next Election Commission.
The dialogue, the second in the series, started at Bangabhaban around 4:20 pm today (Wednesday), President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin said, reports UNB.
The current tenure of the EC is scheduled to expire on February 14 next.
The President opened the dialogue on Monday with Jatiya Party (JaPa), the main opposition party in Parliament.
The eight-member JaPa delegation was led by its chairman GM Quader.
Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) has been invited to hold the dialogue at 4:00 pm on December 26 while Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) will meet the President at 6:00 pm the same day, Abedin said.
Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and Khelafat Majlish will participate in the discussion at 4:00 pm and 6 pm on December 27 respectively while Workers' Party of Bangladesh is scheduled to join it on December 28 at 4pm.
On December 29, Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) was invited to hold the dialogue at 4:00 pm while Islami Oikya Jote exchange will exchange their views with the President at 6:00 pm on the same day.
Now there are 39 registered political parties, according to the EC website. But only nine parties have representation in Parliament.
The nine parties are Bangladesh Awami League, Jatiya Party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Workers Party of Bangladesh, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod, Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, Ganoforum, Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, and Jatiya Party-JP.
