Amir Hossain Amu, former Bangladeshi Minister of Industries and Member of the Bangladesh Awami League and coordinator & spokesman of Grand Alliance^[1]

The Grand Alliance (Bengali: মহাজোট) is a Bangladeshi big-tent electoral alliance of right-wing to far-left political parties in the leadership of Bangladesh Awami League formed before the 2008 general election.^[2] The party was a de-facto merger of the 14 Party Alliance with the Jatiya Party and LDP, although the 14 Party Alliance remained active individually. The Grand Alliance is regularly reformed before elections.

There is a common confusion that the 14 Party Alliance and the Grand Alliance are the same. While the 14 Party Alliance is the 'idealistic' political alliance between the Awami League and secular socialist parties, which is active in everyday politics, the Grand Alliance is a larger electoral alliance before elections.

Leaders of the major member parties in the 2008 Grand Alliance

Sheikh Hasina, President of Bangladesh Awami League

Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Chairman of Jatiya Party

Rashed Khan Menon, President of the Workers Party of Bangladesh

Hasanul Haq Inu, President of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JaSaD

Oli Ahmad, President of the Liberal Democratic Party

Membership

Electoral history

References