The new political party ‘National Citizen Party’ has been officially launched. On Friday (February 28) at 6:30 PM, Akhtar Hossain, the newly appointed Member Secretary of the party, announced the partial committee at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital.
Earlier at 6:20 pm, Shaheed Md. Ismail Hasan Rabbi’s sister Mim Akhter announced the name of the new political party. She said, “Do you remember – on August 5, two sisters had their brother’s body on their shoulders; I am one of those two sisters. Such an incident has never happened in history. After the 2024 mass uprising, I am announcing the name of the political party led by the students and the public as ‘National Citizen Party’.”
Announced Partial Committee of the Party:
Convener: Nahid Islam
Senior Joint Convener: Samanta Sharmin & Ariful Islam Adib
Member Secretary: Akhtar Hossain
Senior Joint Member Secretary: Tasnim Zara & Nahida Sarwar Niba
Chief Organizer: Hasnat Abdullah (Southern Region) & Sarjis Alam (Northern Region)
Chief Coordinator: Nasir Uddin Patwari
Joint Chief Coordinator: Abdul Hannan Masud
Other Leaders of the Party:
Joint Conveners: Nusrat Tabassum, Monira Sharmin, Mahbub Alam, Sarwar Tushar, Advocate Mujahidul Islam Shaheen, Tuzruba Jabin, Sultan Muhammad Zakaria, Dr. Atik Mujahid, Ashraf Uddin Mahdi, Arpita Shyama Dev, Tanjil Mahmud, Anik Roy, Khaled Saifullah, Javed Rasim, Ehtesham Haque, and Hasan Ali.
Joint Member Secretaries: Abdullah Al Amin, Arif Sohel, Rashidul Islam Rifat, Mahin Sarkar, Mohammad Nizam Uddin, Akram Hossain, SM Saif Mustafiz, Saleh Uddin Sifat (Office Affairs), Alauddin Muhammad, Farid Uddin, Mohammad Farhad Alam Bhuiyan, Mohammad Miraj Mia, Lutfur Rahman, Mohammad Moinul Islam Tuhin, Mushfiqur Salehin, Dr. Zahidul Islam, Zahirul Islam Musa, Humayra Noor, Mushfiqur Rahman Juhan, Molla Mohammad Faruq Ehsan, Shagufta Bushra Bisma, Ahnaf Saeed Khan, Abu Saeed Mohammad Sujauddin, Mir Arshadul Haque, Faisal Mahmud Shanto, Tarek Reza, Moshiur Rahman, Zainal Abedin Shishir, Mohammad Muntasir Rahman, Gazi Salauddin Tanvir, Tamim Ahmed, and Tahsin Riyaz.
Joint Chief Organizers (Southern Region): Mohammad Ataullah, Dr. Mahmuda Mitu, Molla Rahmatullah, MM Shahriar, Jobaer Arif.
Joint Chief Organizers (Northern Region): Saifullah Haider, Ali Naser Khan, Sakib Mahdi, Major (Retd.) Abdullah Al Mahmud, Sadia Farzana Dina, Olik Mri, Hanif Khan Sojib.
Joint Chief Coordinators: Advocate Md. Tariqul Islam (Youth Wing), Dr. Abdul Ahad, Dilshana Parul, Abu Hanif, Abdus Zaher, Mazharul Islam Fakir, Agriculturist Golam Mortuza Selim, Ashikin Alam, Dr. Zahidul Bari, Kailash Chand Rabidas, David Raju, Sheikh Md. Shah Moin Uddin, Marzuk Ahmed, and Saddam Hossain.
Leaders from BNP, Jamaat, and various political parties attended the event as invited guests. Among them were: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, President of Nagorik Oikya, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, Mia Ghulam Parwar, Chief Coordinator of Ganasanghati Andolan, Jonayed Saki, Leader of Revolutionary Workers Party, Akbar Khan, General Secretary of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, Maulana Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Presidium Member of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Ashraf Ali Akand, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam, Ahmad Ali Qasemi, Executive Vice President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, Major (Retd.) Abdul Mannan, Secretary General of Bangladesh LDP, Shahadat Hossain Selim, Chairman of Labor Party, Mostafizur Rahman Iran, Secretary General of Islami Oikya Jote, Sakhawat Hossain Raji.
Additionally, diplomats present at the event included the Vatican City’s Ambassador to Dhaka, Kevin S. Randall, and Counselor Kamran Dhangal from the Pakistan High Commission.
