Dhaka, Aug. 26 -- Gazipur representatives on Tuesday showered praise on the Election Commission (EC) during the hearings on constituency demarcation for the initiative to increase the number of parliamentary seats in the district from five to six.

But representatives from Manikganj and Munshiganj demanded raising the number of parliamentary seats in their districts to four from the existing three.

Earlier on Monday, representatives from Bagerhat district criticised the EC for reducing the number of parliamentary seats from four to three in the recent draft delimitation of the 300 constituencies, which brought boundary changes in 39 constituencies.

The Election Commission on Sunday (August 24) began hearings on the re-demarcation of par...