BNP, 62 Other Parties Boycott 12th Nat'l Election

63 political parties in Bangladesh including BNP have boycotted the upcoming 12th general election. Among these parties are the Left Alliance and Islamic political parties, apart from the 39 parties that are simultaneously protesting for the government's resignation.

This information was given in a statement sent to the media last Friday night (December 1) signed by Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP's media cell.

The parties boycotted the 12th general election:

1. Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP

2. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

3. Nagorik Oikya

4. Revolutionary Workers Party

5. Bhashani Followers' Council

6. Rastro Songskar Andolon

7. Ganosamhati Andolan

8. Jatiya Party (Z)

9. Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) (Shahadat Hossain Selim)

10. Jatiya Ganotantrik Party (Rashed-Prodhan)

11. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh

12. Bangladesh Labor Party (Farooq Rahman)

13. Islami Oikya Jote

14. National Awami Party (Bhashani)

15. Islamic Party

16. Bangladesh Jatiyo Dal

17. National People's Party (NPP)

18. Jatiya Ganotantrik Party (JAGPA- Khandkar Lutfur Rahman)

19. Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh

20. Goṇo Dal

21. National Democratic Party (NDP)

22. Bangladesh NAP

23. Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal 

24. Democratic League

25. Bangladesh Minority Janata Party

26. Bangladesh Muslim League

27. People's Party

Left Democratic Alliance (LDA)

28. Social Democratic Party

29. Communist Party of Bangladesh (ML)

30. Samajtantrik Majdur Party

31. Progressive Democratic Party (PDP)

32. Gano Forum

33. People's Party

34.  Liberal Democratic 

35. Gono Odhikar Porishod

36. Nationalist Democratic Movement (Bangladesh)

37. Bangladesh Labor Party

38. Amar Bangladesh (AB) Party

39. Gono Odhikar Parishad (Kibria-Faruk)

40. Islami Andolan Bangladesh

41. Khelafat Majlish

42. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

43. Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish

44. Bangladesh Muslim League

45. Nezam Islam Party

46. Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Andalib Rahman Partho)

47. Jamaat-e-Islami

48. Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB)

49. Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BSD),

50. Bangladesh Socialist Party-Basad (Marxist),

51. Communist League of Bangladesh

52. Ganatantrik Biplobi Party

53. Bangladesh Samajtantrik Andolan

54. Bangladesh Samyabadi Andolan

55. Noya Gonotantrik Gono Morcha 

56. Gonomukti Forum 

57. Jatiya Gonotantrik 

58. Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal-BSD (Mahbub)

59. Jatiyo Mukti Council 

60. Jatiyo Gono Front 

61. Bangladesh JSD 

62. Bangladesh National Awami Party

63. Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad