Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) is holding talks with the Jamaat-e-Islami to form an alliance for the February elections, according to the parties' leaders.

A Facebook post by Abdul Kader, a former coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination and one of the leaders of the July Uprising, along with remarks from the parties' top leaders, left clues to an election-time partnership between the two parties, based on seat sharing.

"They have taken this suicidal decision solely to serve the interests of a handful of leaders, at the cost of the hopes and aspirations of leaders and activists across the country," the post said.

The announcement of the alliance will mark the beginning of a process in which the NCP will be...