Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubodal | |
Native Name: | বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী যুবদল |
Caption2: | Flag |
Founded: | 27 October 1978 |
President: | Abdul Monayem Munna |
Secretary General: | Nurul Islam Nayon |
Headquarters: | 80, Bhashani Bhaban, New Paltan, Dhaka |
Position: | Centre-right |
Mother Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubodal (bn|বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী যুবদল||Bangladesh Nationalist Youth Party) commonly known as the Jubodal or Jubo Dal, is the youth wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[1] [2]
The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubodal was established on 27 August 1978.[3]
On 23 November 2003, the group Hassan Bahini, followers of Jubo Dal Jhalokati District unit president Mir Ziauddin Mizan, attacked the residence of Jubo League Shakherhat union unit president Saidur Rahman Khan Swapan injuring five of his family members.[4]
Five members of Jubodal were injured in internal clashes in Barisal in September 2008.[5]
In March 2010, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal was appointed president of the Jubodal and Saiful Alam Nirob its general secretary.[6] Alal replaced Barkat Ullah Bulu, who had served as president of the wing since 2003.[7]
Jubodal activist Saifuzzaman Sujan was killed on 2 December 2013 in a gunfight with Awami League activists.[8] On 3 December, a Jubo League activist was killed in Comilla District and another was killed in Bogra District.[9] A Jessore Jubodal leader was killed on 17 December.[10] On 20 December, Afzal Hossain, vice president of the Baharbunia Union unit of Jubodal, was murdered.[11]
On 14 August 2015, Md Wasim, a leader of Chittagong City Jubodal, was killed, allegedly by Awami League activists.[12]
On 25 April 2017, Jony Ali, a Dhaka Jubodal leader was beaten to death in Sakura Restaurant and Bar by staff members.[13] A Jubodal leader, Md Harun, was shot dead after being shot at from a rally of the Awami League in December 2017.[14] Harun was the owner of ST Transport and had spoked against extortion by the Chhatra League, the student front of the Awami League.[15]
Mizanur Rahman, a leader of Comilla District unit of Jubodal was killed in the Ibrahimpur neighborhood of the capital Dhaka on 15 October 2018.[16]
Shajahan Ali, secretary of the Pabna District Jubodal, was found dead after going missing on 7 April 2021 in Atghoria Upazila.[17] On 27 October 2021, the president of the Noakhali District unit of Jubodal, Manjurul Azim Sumon Prokash alias GS Sumon, was arrested from Rangamati District for being involved in attacks on the minority Hindu community in Noakhali.[18]
In February 2022, the Jubodal and Jubo League clashed in Ashulia, Savar over disputes regarding the television cable business, injuring 25.[19] Jubo Dal leader Md Shajahan died in Chittagong Central Jail in March while awaiting trial in six criminal cases.[20] In May 2022, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, the previous general secretary and former president of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal, BNP-affiliated student organisation, was appointed president of Jubo Dal replacing Saiful Alam Nirob.[21]