National Awami Party (Bhashani) | |
Native Name: | ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি (ভাসানী) |
Leader: | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani |
Founders: | Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani |
Successor: | Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP |
Founded: | 30 November 1967 |
Split: | NAP |
Ideology: | Islamic socialism Anti-imperialism Anti-Sovietism Third worldism |
Position: | Left-wing |
Religion: | Deobandi Islam |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Country2: | Pakistan |
Symbol: | Sheaf of Paddy |
National Awami Party (Bhashani) was a left wing political party in Bangladesh.
National Awami Party (Bhashani) was established on 30 November 1967 when National Awami Party split into two different fractions. The pro-Moscow fraction was National Awami Party (Wali), led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and the pro-Beijing was called National Awami Party (Bhashani), led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. On 17 November 1974, two leaders of the party, Kazi Zafar Ahmed and Rashed Khan Menon, formed a new political party called United People's Party. Following this split, Bhashani resigned from post of Party President.[1] [2]