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In 2001 the key contest was between three principal players, namely, the four-party alliance led by the BNP ... , [the] Awami League, and the five party Islamic Jatiya Oikya Front, IJOF (led by Ershad faction of the Jatiya Party, it consisted of the Islamic Constitution Movement (ICM), JAGPA, PNP and the Muslim League) ... the IJOF came out with a common platform ...
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The JP (Ershad) nominated candidates in 281 constituencies, with the other constituencies allotted to its Islamic latiya Oikkya Front (IJOF) partners ... the Islamic Jatiya Oikkya Front (IJOF), led by Hossain Mohammad Ershad, a former President and chairman of JP (Ershad), pledged, among other things, to transform Bangladesh into a federal country of eight provinces, with each province enjoying autonomous status; and, secondly, to bar women from leading any future government
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