The Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) has reinstated the registration of the Jatiya Ganatantrik Party–JAGPA and approved a new electoral symbol, the ‘glasses’. The party, originally registered in 2008, lost its registration in January 2021 for failing to meet EC requirements. Following a legal challenge by party president Tasmia Pradhan, the High Court ordered the restoration of the registration in March this year.

According to the gazette published on December 9, the EC confirmed that the party had now fulfilled the necessary conditions for registration. The commission also approved the party’s request to modify its name to ‘Jatiya Ganatantrik Party–JAGPA’ and replace its previous symbol, the ‘hookah’, with the ‘glasses’. Party officials welcomed the decision as a recognition of their compliance and political legitimacy.

The reinstatement allows JAGPA to contest future national and local elections under its new symbol. Political analysts note that the decision reflects the EC’s ongoing efforts to regularize party registrations ahead of the next general election cycle.