National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)

Summary

National Democratic Party is right wing political party in Bangladesh.[1][2] Salahuddin Kader Chowdhury was elected member of 5th parliament of Bangladesh. Khandaker Golam Mortuza was the chairman till 2018 of the National Democratic Party.[3] Now K M Abu Taher is the Chairman and Abdullah-Al-Harun (Sohel) is Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (NDP).

History edit

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 party, in September 2014.[5] The Party had quit the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led Grand Alliance in October 2014.[6] Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was elected to Parliament on a National Democratic Party nomination from Chittagong-6 in 1991.[7]

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

References edit

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