Dhaka, June 25 -- e-Islami on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to hold local government elections under the interim government before the 13th parliamentary polls.

"The national election is approaching. Our demand is to hold the local government election before that - not only for now, but also for the future - under the non-partisan government, no matter what form of interim government would be," said Jamaat's Assistant Secretary General AHM Hamidur Rahman Azad.

He said this while talking to reporters after a meeting between a three-member Jamaat delegation and Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at Nirbachon Bhaban in the city. The meeting came a day after the party regained its registration and traditional party symbol...