Dhaka, Jan 11 (V7N) — The High Court (HC) has issued a rule asking why the candidatures of the Jatiya Party (GM Quader), Jatiya Party (Anisul Islam Mahmud faction), and the National Democratic Front (NDF) led by JP’s Anwar Hossain Manju should not be declared illegal in the upcoming 13th National Parliament election. The defendants have been directed to respond to the rule within two weeks.

The rule was issued by a bench headed by Justice Razik Al Jalil following the initial hearing of the writ petition on Sunday (January 11).

Earlier, on January 7, the High Court had adjourned the hearing of the petition seeking to bar the Jatiya Party and the NDF from the elections until January 11.

The GM Quader-led Jatiya Party has announced candidates for 243 constituencies, with Secretary General Shamim Haider Patwary unveiling the final list at the Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan on December 26.

Meanwhile, the newly formed political alliance National Democratic Front (NDF), led by the Jatiya Party (Anisul Islam Mahmud faction), has declared 131 candidates for 119 constituencies.

The writ petition raises legal questions over the participation of these factions and their alliances in the forthcoming national elections.

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