National Democratic Party (Bangladesh) Explained

National Democratic Party
Native Name:জাতীয় গণতান্ত্রিক দল
Native Name Lang:bn
Regional:Asia Pacific Democracy Union
International:Centrist Democrat International
Abbreviation:NDP
Flag:File:NDP Logo by Mahbub Pathan.jpg
Leader1 Title:Chairman
Leader1 Name:KM Abu Taher
Leader3 Title:Secretary General
Leader3 Name:Abdullah Al-Harun (Sohel)
Founder:Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Foundation:10 September, 1989
Headquarters:Dhaka
Slogan:Bangladesh Zindabad
Country:Bangladesh

The National Democratic Party is a right-wing political party in Bangladesh.[1] [2] Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was elected member of the fifth parliament of Bangladesh. Khandaker Golam Mortuza was the chairman of the National Democratic Party until 2018.[3] K M Abu Taher is the chairman and Abdullah-Al-Harun (Sohel) is Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (NDP).

History

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury led the National Democratic Party in the early 1990s and worked against the Bangladesh Awami League against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[4]

The National Democratic Party joined the National Democratic Front, an alliance of 10 nationalist parties, in September 2014.[5] The party had left the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led Grand Alliance in October 2014.[6] Chowdhury was elected to Parliament on a National Democratic Party nomination from Chittagong-6 in 1991.[7]

The National Democratic Party left the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 2022 and created a 12-party alliance.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: 8 parties host Iftar . 13 April 2020 . The Daily Star . 9 August 2011 . en.
  2. News: Govt runs country on dictates of foreign powers . 13 April 2020 . The Daily Star . 29 August 2010 . en.
  3. News: PM pledges free, fair election . 13 April 2020 . The Daily Star . 3 November 2018 . en.
  4. Book: Riaz . Ali . Rahman . Mohammad Sajjadur . Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh . 2016 . Routledge . 978-1-317-30876-8 . en.
  5. News: 10 political parties form NDF alliance . 13 April 2020 . Prothomalo . en.
  6. News: BNP loses so-called allies . 13 April 2020 . The Daily Star . 26 September 2014 . en.
  7. News: Salauddin Quader Chowdhury: A short profile . 13 April 2020 . Dhaka Tribune . 1 October 2013.
  8. News: Bangladesh NAP, NDP quit BNP-led alliance . 13 April 2020 . New Age . en.
  9. News: BNP alliance faces waxing, wafting . 13 April 2020 . The Daily Star . 17 October 2018 . en.