Dhaka, Aug. 12 -- The Samajik Protirodh Committee, a coalition of 67 women's rights, human rights and development organisations, has rejected a proposal to keep 50 reserved seats for women in Parliament through party nomination until 2043.
In a statement on Tuesday, the platform expressed "deep surprise" that political parties had agreed to such a "regressive" notion, adding that Bangladeshi women were ready to contest reserved seats through direct elections, reports bdnews24.com.
The reserved seat issue drew the most disagreement during the National Consensus Commission's dialogue with political parties, according to the panel's Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz.
While leftist parties, including the Communist Party of Bangladesh and the Jatiya S...
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