Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- In its first meeting with the Election Commission in over a decade, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has presented demands to conduct polls after "urgent reforms", and called for the introduction of proportional representation, and the holding of local government elections before general elections.

"No election without reforms," Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar told the media after leaving the meeting at the Election Building on Thursday.

However, he clarified that not all reform recommendations should be implemented, but instead that those related to elections were "very urgent".

He added, "At least all the institutions and agencies involved in the election process should be reformed before the election."

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