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| Huji's party among 40 denied EC registration |
| 2008-11-02 |
| The Election Commission (EC) has decided to reject registration applications of around 40 organisations for not meeting the criteria. Islamic Democratic Party (IDP), formed by leaders of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJi) with patronage from a US-Israeli lobby, is among the parties in question. As many as 107 organisations have applied for registration, now mandatory for seeking election to parliament. Of these, 22 are religion-based parties. As per the criteria laid down in the electoral laws, an organisation must have won a seat, or polled 5 percent of the vote in a constituency in any of the parliamentary polls since independence. It must have headquarters, and offices in at least 10 administrative districts or 50 upazilas. |
| Posted by:Fred |