Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- Gono Odhikar Parishad General Secretary Rashed Khan has expressed his solidarity with Tarek Rahman, secretary of the new political party Aam Janatar Dal, who went on a hunger strike demanding the registration of his party.

He said Tarek's demand was logical and his party must be registered.

On Wednesday, Rashed went to the Election Commission office at Agargaon where Tarek has been sitting on a hunger strike to express his solidarity.

With the 13th national elections approaching, the EC issued a notice on Tuesday to register the National Citizen Party (NCP), the Bangladesh Samajtantrik Party (Marxist) and the Bangladesh Aam Jonogon Party.

In the final stage of the scrutiny before registration, 19 parties were excluded...