Bdnews24.com, Dhaka

Just days ahead of the national vote, the two major electoral alliances headed by Awami League and BNP are still suffering ‘double candidate syndrome’, leaving constituents in a quandary over splitting the vote.
The grand alliance has both AL and Jatiya Party hopefuls in some 15 seats around the country, while the four-party alliance has both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami candidates contesting at least four seats. After drawn-out negotiations last month between AL president Sheikh Hasina and JP chairman HM Ershad, the grand alliance allocated 46 seats to JP and another three seats, Sylhet-3, Khulna-3 and Nilfamari-4, kept open for both parties to contest. [Read more]