Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- It will be difficult for the Awami League to strike deals on sharing seats with its allies in future because of the way it treated its partners in the recent general election, according to senior politician Rashed Khan Menon.

The Workers Party president won a seat in parliament from Barishal with the ruling party's support.

But he faulted the Awami League's rebel candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton for the loss suffered by Workers Party General Secretary Fazle Hossain Badsha.

Menon also blamed a lack of Awami League support for the election loss of Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal or JaSaD, despite him winning the party's nod as a candidate of the 14-Party Alliance.

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