The split between the BNP and the Jamaat-e-Islami could dramatically reshape Bangladesh's political landscape.
The split between the BNP and the Jamaat-e-Islami could dramatically reshape Bangladesh’s political landscape.
By Faisal Mahmud
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country’s largest political party, is decisively breaking its decades-long alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami, the South Asian nation’s biggest Islamist group, repositioning itself instead as a liberal, democratic force before national elections.
Alliances led by the BNP and the Jamaat are vying for seats in Bangladesh's first election since Hasina's ouster.
The vote is a direct contest between frontrunner Tarique Rahman's BNP and a Jamaat-e-Islami-led coalition of 11 parties.
Official results yet to be announced in the first vote following a 2024 student-led uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina.
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