{"id":33050,"date":"2017-05-08T05:20:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T05:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33050"},"modified":"2017-05-08T05:20:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T05:20:58","slug":"jp-launches-new-political-alliance-with-58-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33050","title":{"rendered":"JP launches new political alliance with 58 parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JP-launches1\"Dhaka desk: With a plan to join the next parliamentary election and form a government together, a new political alliance, \u2018United National Alliance (UNA)\u2019, with 58 parties was formally launched under Jatiya Party\u2019s leadership yesterday, reports UNB.<\/p>\n

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad announced the journey of the new alliance at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club. Ershad was named UNA chairman while his party secretary general Ruhul Amin Hawlader its chief spokesperson. Of the 58 parties, only Jatiya Party and Bangladesh Islamic Front have registration with the Election Commission. The 56 of other parties belong to two other platforms\u2014the 34-party \u2018National Islamic Grand Alliance and 22-party \u2018Bangladesh National Alliance\u2019.<\/p>\n

In terms of number of parties, UNA is the country\u2019s biggest ever political alliance. The ruling Awami League-led grand alliance consists of 14 parties while BNP-lead alliance has 20 parties. \u201cWe (alliance) believe in the spirit of our liberation and the Islamic values with equal respect for other religions. We also uphold Bangladeshi nationalism,\u201d Ershad said.
\nHe assured that no anti-liberation force will be allowed to join the alliance. \u201cOur main goal is to form a government and participate in the national and all other elections under the banner of the alliance,\u201d the former military dictator said.<\/p>\n

The Jatiya Party chief said Islamic values with equal respect for all religions, the Liberation War spirit and Bangladeshi nationalism are the basic principles of the UNA. He said their alliance wants to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh by initiating a new phase of development and restoring good governance, peace, discipline and justice. \u201cThe main aim of the alliance is to build a modern Bangladesh by ensuring the law rule of law and people\u2019s basic rights,\u201d Ershad added. He claimed that two more parties having registration with the Election Commission have also decided to join the UNA. Asked whether Jatiya Party is leaving the Awami League led 14-party alliance, he said, \u201cJatiya Party is no longer with the AL-led alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka desk: With a plan to join the next parliamentary election and form a government together, a new political alliance, \u2018United National Alliance (UNA)\u2019, with 58 parties was formally launched under Jatiya Party\u2019s leadership yesterday, reports UNB. Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad announced the journey of the new alliance at a press conference at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":33051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n