Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Jatiya Party
জাতীয় পার্টি
AbbreviationJaPa/JP(E)
ChairmanGhulam Muhammed Quader[1]
General SecretaryMohammad Mujibul Haque Chunnu
Senior Co-ChairmanAnisul Islam Mahmud
FounderHussain Muhd. Ershad
Founded1 January 1986 (1986-01-01)
Headquarters66, Pioneer Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000[1]
Student wingJatiyo Chhatra Samaj
Youth wingJatiyo Jubo Sanghoti
Women's wingJatiyo Mohila Sanghoti
Peasants' wingJatiyo Krishok Party
Volunteer wingJatiyo Shechchhashebok Party
Cleric wingJatiyo Olama Party
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[7]
MPs in the
Jatiya Sangsad
Parliament dissolved
Mayors in the
City Corporations
0 / 1
Councillors in the
City Corporations
Post dissolved
Chairmen in the
District Councils
Post dissolved
Chairmen in the
Subdistrict Councils
Post dissolved
Chairmen in the
Union Councils
Post dissolved
Election symbol
Plough
Party flag
Website
www.jatiyoparty.org.bd/en/

The Jatiya Party (Bengali: জাতীয় পার্টি, romanizedJatiyo Party, lit.'National Party'; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party in Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term.[8] However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition.[9]

  1. ^ a b "politacal [sic] party new". Bangladesh Election Commission.
  2. ^ "About Jatiyo Party". Jatiyo Party. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. ^ StoriesAsia. "Could Bangladesh Be Heading for One-Party Rule?". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ [2][3]
  5. ^ "Young minds becoming laboratories?". Free Press Journal. 11 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Down and out in Dhaka". Lowy Institute. 8 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Young minds becoming laboratories?". Eurasia Review. 6 December 2022.
  8. ^ Hasan, Kamrul (3 January 2019). "Jatiya Party again decides to join Awami League-led Grand Alliance government". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ^ Hasan, Kamrul (4 January 2019). "Ershad: JaPa to serve as main opposition in parliament". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

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