The Union
Parishad (UP) elections are set to begin on January 21 next year. The
government and the Election Commission (EC) are making preparations as
announced. Election fever has already begun to sweep through grassroots areas.
Uncertainty
has emerged over whether the 11-party alliance led by the main opposition party
Jamaat-e-Islami will participate in the elections.
In
particular, alliance leaders have alleged irregularities and bias in the
Thakurgaon-1 by election and said they ha...