<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">As there is no visible effort to hold political talks, Jatiya Party will decide within a couple of days whether the party will join the next national election or not.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Jatiya Party Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu came up with the announcement while talking to reporters at the party president’s Banani office in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>He said although US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu sent letters to three major parties for talks, so far there has been no sign of dialogue.</div><div><br></div><div>Chunnu said BNP did not clearly say anything about the dialogue while the ruling party turned it down.</div><div><br></div><div>In this situation, he said there is now a question whether the Jatiya Party will go to the election or not.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Our senior leaders will convene a meeting of our presidium members, if necessary, and we will decide through discussions within a day or two whether we will go to the polls or not.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, said their party still wants political talks to ensure a credible and participatory election.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 15, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal announced that the 12th parliamentary election of the country will be held on January 7.</div><div><br></div><div>Soon after the announcement of the Election Schedule, Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad welcomed it through a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Some leaders, loyal to Raushan, said they would participate in the election, but most of the party’s grassroots leaders loyal to its Chairman GM Quader at a recent meeting suggested not going to polls under the current government. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>