National Democratic Party (Bangladesh)

National Democratic Party জাতীয় গণতান্ত্রিক দল
Abbreviation	NDP
Chairman	KM Abu Taher
Secretary General	Abdullah Al-Harun (Sohel)
Founder	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Founded	10 September, 1989
Headquarters	Dhaka
Regional affiliation	Asia Pacific Democracy Union
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
Slogan	Bangladesh Zindabad ("Long Live Bangladesh")
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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]

References

1. "8 parties host Iftar". The Daily Star. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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.