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Some ridiculous names have been submitted to the Election Commission (EC) to get registration as political parties to participate in the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections.
Most of these parties are pad and sign-board-based. They have no even offices. Many parties put their house addresses in place of office addresses.
EC sources said a total of 40 political parties submitted their applications to the commission for registration. Among these, ridiculous names are Muskil League, Bangladesh Ittadi Party, Bekar Samaj, Boirabori Party, Bangladesh Bidesh Prattagato Prabashi O Non-Prabashi Kalyan Dal, and Sorbojonin Dal.
Forty parties who applied for registration this year are – Noitik Samaj, Bangladesh Muktijuddha League, Bangladesh National Republican Party, Muskil League, Notun Bangla, Bangabandhu Dustho O Pratibandhi Unnayan Parishad, Bangladesh Ganatantrik Mukti Andolon (BGMA), Bangladesh Krishak-Sramik Party (KSP), Bangladesh Ittadi Party, Pragatishil Ganatantrik Jote (PDA), Bangladesh Republican Party (BRP), Boirabori Party, Bangladesh Bidesh Prattagato Prabashi O Non-Prabashi Kalyan Dal, Bangladesh Janamat Party, Bangladesh Justice and Development Party, Bangladesh Am-Janata Party, Bangladesh Democracy Movement (BDM), Bangladesh Trinamol Janata Party, Bangladesh Democracy Movement (BDM), Bangladesh Trinamol-Janata Party (Bangladesh TJP), Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party), Sammilito Sangram Parishad, Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Andolon (BNM), Bangladesh LDP, Bangladesh Justice Party, Bangladesh National Green Party, Bangladesh Sarbojonin Dal, Bangladesh National Democratic League, Gana Rajnitik Jote, Bangladesh Development Party, Bangladesh Bekar Samaj, Natun Dhara Bangladesh (NDB), Bhasani Anusari Parishad, Bangladesh Muktijuddha League, Bangladesh Jatiya Dal, Krishak Sramik League, Bangladesh Humanist Party and Bangladesh Trinamol League.
According to the election commission, more applications might come on the last day of application submission on Sunday.
In 2018, 76 nameless political parties appealed to the commission to get registration for the 11th national elections, said EC officials.
EC sources said not a single party among 76, did not get registration from the election commission as a political party in 2018. Parties with ridiculous names Nakphul Bangladesh and Ghus Nirmul Party applied to the commission to get registration. These parties passed the scrutiny of the commission although they have claimed to fill all the conditions of the election commission for registration. However, two political parties got registration after the polls by a court order.
Contacted, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said, “We send letters to the parties. They give some information and we scrutinize these through field-level election officials. Then they send the report to us. If their all information is correct and accurate, then they get registration.”
The commission will take measures after scrutiny if applied political parties do not fulfil conditions properly, he added.
Meanwhile, the election commission had set till 2020 to ensure 33 per cent of women's representation in all registered political parties. But parties couldn’t fill up this. On the other hand, the Representation of the People Order (RPO) gives time till 2030 to ensure 33 per cent of women's representation in political parties.
@ The article was published on print and online versions of The Bangladesh Pratidin on October 30, 2022 and has been rewritten in English by Golam Rosul.
