, Dec. 9 -- Amid growing dissatisfaction among alliance partners over BNP's unilateral announcement of candidates without any discussion, the party has decided to finalise seat sharing soon with its partners ahead of the 13th national election.

Talking to UNB, some senior BNP leaders indicated that the party is likely to start formal talks with its partners in the anti-fascism simultaneous movement from Wednesday (December 10) to settle the seat-sharing issue.

They said BNP has decided to leave seats mainly for those alliance candidates who have a strong chance of winning, considering rival contestants and the amended Representation of the People Order (RPO), which now prohibits using the electoral symbol of another party.

"Simply leav...