Overview
- Senior NCP figures and Jamaat officials say seat-sharing negotiations continue, with multiple reports suggesting an announcement could come within days.
- A joint memorandum signed by 30 NCP leaders urges the party to reject a Jamaat pact, citing ideological conflict and Jamaat’s contested role in 1971.
- Senior joint member-secretary Tasnim Jara resigned and said she will run as an independent, following an earlier resignation by Mir Arshadul Haque.
- Prothom Alo reports the NCP scaled back its demand from about 50 constituencies and may settle for roughly 30 seats in any arrangement with Jamaat.
- The talks have strained the Democratic Reform Alliance and drawn warnings from some of Jamaat’s partners, while NCP leaders have also reopened channels with the BNP after Tarique Rahman’s return.