Dhaka: In a major blow to the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of polls in Bangladesh, the Election Commission today said the party cannot participate in the general election in line with a court order.
Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz said the Jamaat would not be able to participate in the polls as the High Court had declared its registration illegal.
In August, a three-judge special bench of the High Court declared illegal the registration of Jamaat, a key ally of the main opposition BNP, as a political party with the poll panel.
"We are scrutinising the copy of the verdict and will take a decision later," Nawaz was quoted as saying by The Daily Star newspaper when he was asked whether the panel will issue any gazette notification cancelling Jamaat's registration.
