Shawdesh desk:

The ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that the party would hold a meeting today with its grand alliance partner Jatiya Party over Bangladesh’s next general election, scheduled to be held on January 7.

The AL general secretary said this while responding to a reporter at a briefing at the AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in capital’s Dhanmondi.

He, however, refused to inform the media about the time and place of the meeting.

Jatiya Party is now the opposition party in parliament.

Obaidul Quader’s comment came a day after AL leaders’ remarks that the ruling party would discuss the seat-sharing issue with the JP, despite the latter announcing to join the polls unilaterally with its own symbol.

Asked about the opponents in the next general election if Jatiya Party and the AL-led alliance partners coordinate with AL, he said, ‘ All political parties  joining the election are our opponent. Those joining the elections are opponent to each other. Four candidates are contesting against our party president’s constituency.’

He said that it was difficult to say anything before the meeting.

AL presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, its joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organising secretary Sujit Roy Nandi and office secretary Biplab Barua, among others, were present.

The seat-sharing agreement between the ruling Awami League and its allies, including the Jatiya Party, for the January 7 general election has remained unresolved.