The Left Democratic Alliance and the Bangladesh Jasod will hold a national convention in Dhaka on November 29 to forge a greater unity of the left and democratic political parties.
LDA coordinator and Socialist Party of Bangladesh general secretary Bazlur Rashid Firoz made the announcement at a press conference at the office of the Communist Party of Bangladesh in the capital鈥檚 Purana Paltan area.
He said that the LDA, a combine of six left political parties, and the Bangladesh Jasod鈥檚 national convention would be held to forge a greater unity of left and democratic political forces for a democratic transition in the country.
The aims and programmes of forging an alternative political alliance are protecting the ideals and spirit of the liberation war of 1971, protecting the spirit of the July uprising, holding the next general election in a free, fair and credible manner and handing over power to an elected government for the continuation of constitutional provision, he said.
He said that the day-long convention would be held at the Engineers Institution of Bangladesh and leaders and activists of different left and democratic political parties would attend the convention.
CPB former president Mujahidul Islam Selim, incumbent president Sazzad Zahir Chandan, general secretary Abdullah Kafee Ratan, SPB (Marxist) coordinator Masud Rana, Democratic Revolutionary Party general secretary Mushrefa Mishu, Bangladesh Jasod general secretary Nazmul Haque Prodhan, among others, attended the press conference.
