The rift between the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the Islami Andolan Bangladesh over seat sharing in the next general election, scheduled for February 12, is yet to be resolved as the Jamaat-led alliance announced the distribution of 253 seats, out of 300, among 10 parties of the alliance.

Jamaat Nayeb-e-amir Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, addressing a press conference at  Diploma Engineers Institution in Dhaka, gave the announcement of the seat sharing and said that they had kept 47 seats for their other alliance partner, Islami Andolan Bangladesh.

Leaders of 10 parties of the Jamaat-led alliance were present in the press conference, but none of the IAB leaders were present there.

According to the negotiation, Jammat got 179, while the National Citizen Party got  30, the Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish received 20, Khelafat Majlish got 10, Liberal Democratic Party received seven, Nejame Islami Party got two, Amar Bangladesh Party received three, and Bangladesh Development Party got two seats.  

Jamaat amir Shafiqur Rahman, NCP convener Nahid Islam, LDP chairman Oli Ahmed, among others, addressed the press conference.

The IAB, a prominent partner of the Jamaat-led 11-Party Alliance, was absent from the final  seat-sharing meeting, held at the central office of Jamaat in the Moghbazar area on Thursday morning.

IAB leaders were dissatisfied with the number of seats given for their party and, as a result, a scheduled press conference on Wednesday was postponed.

The Jamaat-led alliance was formed with eight political parties in the last half of the past year.

Then the National Citizen Party, Liberal Democratic Party and Amar Bangladesh Party joined in the alliance.

From the meeting on Thursday, the 11-Party Election Oikya was formed.