Fourteen more political parties yesterday collected forms for registration with the Election Commission (EC), raising the number to 44 so far.
The prominent ones among the registration-seekers are Jatiya Party (Ershad), Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB), Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), Gono Forum and Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party.
Amid objections from some major parties like Awami League and BNP, the registration of political parties with the EC under the revised Representation of People Order (RPO) began on August 27 and the last date for registration is October 15.
The 14 parties that collected registration forms yesterday are Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, Bangladesh Muslim League, Bangladesh Naya Samaj Dal, National Revolutionary Front (NRF), Islami Democratic Party, Jatiya Nagarik Mancha, Bangladesh Liberal Democratic Party (BLDP), Janamukti Party, Bangladesh Labour Party, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), Muktijoddha Janata Dal, Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party, Bangladesh Islami Biplobi Parishad and the Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB).
The parties that had earlier collected registration forms are Jatiya Party (Ershad), Gono Forum, Janatar Sanghati, Islamic Front Bangladesh, Bangladesh LLB, Zaker Party, Bangladesh Tariqat Federation, Bangladesh Muktijoddha Krishak-Sramik Oikya Jote, Bangladesh Khelafat Mojlish (Nuruzzaman), Forward Party, Public Party, Pakmon People's Party (PPP), Samajik Rajnaitik Andolan, Chetonai Bangalee, Bangladesh Kalyan Party, Freedom Party, Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), Jatiya Ganatantrik Party, Jatiya League, National Awami Party (NAP), Bangladesh Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), National People's Party, Islamic Shashantantra Andolon, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, Independent Gono Andolan, Bangladesh Sachetan Nagarik Mancha, Jamaat-e-Ulama Dal and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Malek Ratan).