59-606: Jatiya Party is the name of four political parties in Bangladesh: Jatiya Party (Ershad) Jatiya Party (Manju) Bangladesh Jatiya Party , previously known as the Jatiya Party (Naziur) Jatiya Party (Zafar) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jatiya Party . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
118-594: A demonstration on 1 October 1990. The protests turned violent after the police firing on a rally of Chatra Dal on 10 October that claimed the life of Naziruddin Jehad , a Chatra Dal leader from Sirajganj who came to Dhaka to join the rally against Ershad. The series of student protests compelled the Ershad regime to think about a safe exit. On 7 December 1989, the BNP-supported White panel of teachers got
177-469: A national election would be held on 26 April. Both the 7-Party Alliance led by BNP and the 15-Party Alliance led by the Awami League declared a boycott of the election on 17 March. Both called a joint rally on 21 March and a nationwide strike on 22 March as the immediate program to thwart the forthcoming election. The night before the nationwide strike on 22 March, the Awami League called a meeting of
236-558: A neutral government. This renewed tensions between BNP and Awami League. On 8 February 2018, Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman as per court verdict, were jailed for 5 and 10 years respectively due to involvement in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case . While Tarique was in exile, Khaleda was imprisoned in the old Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road. In protest, BNP held nationwide demonstrations, which were foiled by
295-539: A new party, Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal (JaGoDal), was formed with Justice Abdus Sattar as the coordinator. Most of the prominent figures were from the advisory council that was running the country at that time. JAGODAL was the first attempt to create a platform for the country's nationalists . Major General (retd) M. Majid ul Haq, Professor Syed Ali Ahsan , Shamsul Alam Chowdhury, A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan , M. Hamidullah Khan , Jakaria Chowdhury, Professor Dr. M. R. Khan, and Saifur Rahman were prominent figures. JAGODAL
354-441: A new political alliance with 14 other parties. For the next general election however, the Jatiya Party under HM Ershad formed a 58 party grand alliance of its own. Of the 58 parties, only Jatiya Party and Bangladesh Islamic Front have registration with the election commission as of 2017. On 31 October 2024, A group of protesters under the banner of "Anti-Fascism Student, Worker, and People's Movement" vandalised and burned down
413-594: A stronger political platform that thrived through a critical time with a goal to topple Ershad's regime. The movement against Ershad started gaining momentum in October 1990. The BNP-led 7-party alliance, the Awami League-led 8-party alliance and the Leftist 5-party alliance started a movement to usurp Ershad on 10 October 1990 and declared a nationwide strike on that day. The strike claimed 5 lives, including
472-538: 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. However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition. The party
531-545: Is a major political party in Bangladesh . Founded on 1 September 1978 by Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology, BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh, along with its archrival Awami League . Initially a big tent centrist party, it later moved towards more right-wing politics . Known as the "Party of the Freedom Fighters of
590-641: The BNP and the Awami League , boycotted the election. Ershad resigned in December 1990 in the face of rising protest and international pressure. Ershad handed power over to Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed , on 6 December 1991. Ershad was arrested, and his deputy, Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury became the acting chairman. On 27 February 1991 national election, the Jatiya Party won the third largest number of seats, 35 seats in
649-406: The election , Khaleda Zia was put under house arrest on 13 October. In a joint declaration, the two alliances called for "Siege Dhaka" program on 10 November 1987. The government imposed a ban on public gatherings ahead of the program which was defied on the day and during the program, the capital of the country virtually went under the control of the opposition alliances. This incident infuriated
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#1732765579267708-407: The general election of 1988 after the abolishment of the previous parliament. The election was held on 3 March without the participation of any popular party or alliance rather a combined opposition was led by ASM Abdur Rab. BNP called a nationwide on Election Day and declared they would resist the election. On the advice of Dr. Badruddoza Chowdhury , BNP chief Begum Zia on 21 June 1988, suspended
767-436: The 15-Party Alliance but Sheikh Hasina refused to take part in the meeting. In the meeting, the majority of the parties including the Awami League opined in favour of the election. General Khalilur Rahman of Awami League maintained close contact with the army headquarters during the meeting that night. Sheikh Hasina was discussing with General Khalil periodically. On the final hours of 21 March 1986, Sheikh Hasina announced that
826-537: The 2001 parliamentary election the fraction led by Ershad won 14 seats, while the fraction led by Anwar Hossain won one seat. 2014 Election was a controversial election for Jatiya Party where Ershad's spokesperson Bobby Hajjaj publicly declared that Jatiya Party would not participate in the election. After the 2014 election, Ershad became the special envoy of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Bangladesh Awami League led government. Jatiya Party became
885-468: The 2016 Union Parishad Election in violent clashes between Awami League and BNP supporters. In 2016, the BNP announced its new National Standing Committee, in which Khaleda retained her position as chairperson. New members were recruited while some older members were removed, and various new strategies for party operation were formulated. In May 2017, Khaleda revealed BNP's Vision 2030 to gain public support for
944-404: The Awami League and her alliance would participate in the election. Five parties of the alliance parted ways from the Awami League after the announcement and decided to boycott the election. BNP and the 7-Party Alliance with the newly formed 5-Party alliance of leftists started campaigning against the election while the Awami League and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami joined the election. The election
1003-483: The BNP formed a new anti-government alliance against the autocratic Ershad regime. It was named after the number of parties with it, 7-Party Alliance. BNP launched a massive anti-government movement after co-ordination with Awami League-led 15-Party Alliance in September 1983. The 7-Party Alliance arranged a mass gathering and called a nationwide strike on 1 November 1983. The strike had successful results. After that,
1062-470: The BNP would participate only if: The anti-election alliance under BNP called for a nationwide strike on election day. Unrest, voting fraud and malpractices marked the election day according to the opposition parties. Both the Awami League and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami conceded a humiliating defeat in the election. General Hussain Mohammad Ershad got himself elected on 15 October 1986. Prior to
1121-473: The Battlefield", BNP was founded by Ziaur Rahman after the presidential election of 1978 and remained in its leadership until his assassination in 1981. Following Rahman's assassination, his widow, Khaleda Zia , took over leadership of the party and presided as chairperson until her imprisonment, in 2018. Since then, Tarique Rahman , the son of Rahman and Zia, has served as acting chairperson and has run
1180-605: The Dhaka unit President with Kamruzzaman Ayat Ali as the Secretary-General. On 30 May 1981, the founder of the party President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated in the Chittagong Circuit House by a small group of military officials. After the assassination of Ziaur Rahman , large crowds started protesting in major cities like Dhaka and Chittagong . The funeral of Ziaur Rahman became a huge event with
1239-508: The Jatiya Party won 153 seats in the national elections. The election was viewed as neither neutral nor fair. On 15 October 1986, Ershad was elected President of Bangladesh. Protests for democracy gained momentum in 1987. Consequently, Ershad dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad on 6 December 1987. In the elections for the fourth Jatiya Sangsad held on 3 March 1988, the Jatiya Party secured 251 seats, while other major political parties, including
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#17327655792671298-418: The affairs of the party from London . Since its creation, the BNP has won the 1979 and 1981 presidential elections as well as the 1991 , 1996 and 2001 general elections. Ziaur Rahman-led governments formed under the semi-presidential system and the parliamentary republics were led by Khaleda Zia, who served as prime minister . Begum Zia, who served as the party's chairperson from 1983, became
1357-495: The alliance called to surround the Secretariat on 28 November 1983 along with the 15-Party Alliance. Thousands of BNP activists led by then Executive Secretary (later designated Office Secretary) M. Hamidullah Khan surrounded the secretariat building at Paltan and broke a large hole in the southern corner of the boundary wall of the building. The police retaliated with indiscriminate firing of live bullets. M. Hamidullah Khan
1416-514: The central office of Jatiya Party in Bijoynagar, Dhaka . In light of the 12th General Elections , the party is being subject to staunch criticisms by Saquib Rahman, Editor of Progress Magazine and Senior Lecturer of Law at North South University . Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( Bengali : বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল , romanized : Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dal , abbreviated as BNP )
1475-493: The chief convener, M. Hamidullah Khan as the Executive Secretary and Dr. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury was appointed as the Secretary-General. Founding convening committee The BNP formed its first government after the 1979 Bangladeshi general election . The first session of the parliament was on 2 April 1979. It elected Shah Azizur Rahman as prime minister and leader of the parliament. Mirza Ghulam Hafiz
1534-491: The control of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal after the election of 3 June 1990. The Amanullah Aman - Khairul Kabir Khokan panel backed by Chatra Dal won all the posts and took the lead of the students' movement in the University of Dhaka campus. The Chatra Dal-led DUCSU committee allied with all existing student groups on the campus, Sarbadaliya Chatra Oikya Parishad (All-party Students Alliance Council) and staged
1593-521: The fall of Ershad. The firm reaction from the teachers jeopardised the Ershad regime. After the fall of Ershad, because of the commitment to the national interest the White panel of teachers won a decisive victory on 24 December 1990 in the election of Dhaka University Teachers Association once again with Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury as the President of the association with Professor M. Anwar Hossain as
1652-416: The first woman prime minister of Bangladesh and the second female prime minister of a Muslim-majority country after Pakistan 's Benazir Bhutto . The party holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country with 116 seats in the seventh national election of June 1996 . Begum Khaleda Zia is currently the chairperson of the party, with Tarique Rahman as
1711-470: The former as the legitimate BNP. Khaleda Zia challenged this in court, but her appeal was rejected on 10 April 2008. After her release later that year, Zia was restored to her position as party leader. In the 2008 Bangladesh general election , the 4-party alliance led by BNP won 33 seats out of 299 constituencies, of which the BNP alone got 30. After sanctions by the Election Commission,
1770-461: The general secretary. The military-backed government promised to tackle the longstanding problems of corruption, filing charges against more than 160 politicians, civil servants and businessmen in 2007. Among those charged were Khaleda Zia and her two sons, as well as Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League. The Bangladesh Election Commission invited Hafizuddin's faction, rather than Khaleda Zia's, to participate in talks, effectively recognising
1829-666: The general secretary. Ershad formed a second political party, Jatiya Front, under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Shah Azizur Rahman , with members of Janadal and Muslim League, the Ganatantri Dal , United Peoples Party. Moudud Ahmed , and Anwar Hossain Manju joined Jatiya Front. The front was dissolved in six months and a new political party called Jatiya Party was formed on 1 January 1986 with Ershad as its chairman. On 7 May 1986 elections,
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1888-587: The highest number of Deans elected from their panel including Professor Anwarullah Chowdhury , Professor S M Faiz , Assistant Professor M. Anwar Hossain and Associate Professor Humayun Ahmed . The pro-BNP White panel of teachers, which dominated the Dhaka University Teachers Association , declared an all-out movement against the Ershad regime in 1990. All the teachers decided to resign from their posts on 29 November and confirmed their decision of not returning to classes until
1947-568: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jatiya_Party&oldid=1242023980 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party ( Bengali : জাতীয় পার্টি , romanized : Jatiyo Party , lit. ' National Party ' ; JaPa or JP(E) )
2006-585: The national election before the presidential election. After lifting the ban, Khaleda Zia attended an extended meeting of the party on 1 April, where she was made the acting chairperson of the party. In May, the Chairperson Justice Sattar resigned and Khaleda Zia was made the chairperson of the party. Under the leadership of Khaleda Zia, the first major step BNP took was to expel leaders like Shah Azizur Rahman, Moudud Ahmed, AKM Maidul Islam, Abdul Alim, and Barrister Sultan Ahmed Chowdhury from
2065-408: The national standing committee and executive committee on the party for various reasons including the failures of strengthening the party of leaders. During this opportunity, former military officers were also removed from leadership positions within the party. M. Hamidullah Khan was relieved from his post as Executive Secretary. On 3 July 1988, Barrister Abdus Salam Talukder , a distinguished lawyer,
2124-460: The next general elections. However the ruling Awami League government denounced Vision 2030 as an act of plagiarism of Awami League's Vision 2021 which they used in the ninth general election and claimed most of the targets in the Visions were fulfilled by Awami League, thus declaring BNP's Vision 2030 as unoriginal. BNP also announced it will hold processions to hold the 11th general elections under
2183-410: The opposition and a nationwide protest was called on the following day. The government came hard-handed and both Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina were put under house arrest on 11 October. Both the parties and their partners in the movement declared frequent nationwide strikes for the next days until the end of the year. BNP was determined not to join the poll under the Ershad regime and decided to boycott
2242-406: The opposition party and Rowshan Ershad , Ershad's wife, became the leader of the opposition. Despite being in the opposition party some leaders of Jatiya Party are also in the government cabinet. In January 2016, Ershad's brother, GM Quader , was made vice chairman of the party. In April 2016 Ershad appointed Rowshan as the vice-chairman of the party. In March 2017, Ershad indicated he might form
2301-518: The parliament. Jatiya Party won 32 seats in the parliamentary elections held on 12 June 1996 under the caretaker government (CTG). Jatiya Party joined the Bangladesh Awami League led cabinet. Anwar Hossain Manju, the secretary general of Jatiya, was included in the cabinet of Sheikh Hasina as Minister of Communication. Jatiya party splintered in three groups by 2000, this fraction was led by General Ershad, another led by Anwar Hossain Manju and Bangladesh Jatiya Party led by Naziur Rahman Manzur . In
2360-714: The participation of millions of people in Dhaka. In the 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election Abdus Sattar was elected. He formed National Security Council to involve the Bangladesh Armed Forces . Meanwhile, Vice President Mirza Nurul Huda resigned from his post in March 1982. Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad thwarted the elected government of Justice Sattar on 24 March 1982 and replaced him with Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury . The BNP
2419-484: The party held country-wide events for local leaders to play an active role in the national party. The BNP National Council empowered re-elected party chairperson Khaleda Zia to pick other members for the National Executive Committee and Standing Committee. It elected her eldest son, Tarique Rahman, to the powerful post as Senior vice-chairman, in a "move apparently designed to smooth his path to
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2478-516: The party helm." After several movements in a period of severe political unrest between 2012 and 2014 to prevent the ruling party from holding the 10th general election in January 2014 without a neutral caretaker government, Khaleda led BNP and its allies in a boycott of the election. Incidents of violence were reported on polling day including the bombing of election centres, which the BNP and its allies were accused of. Over 100 people were killed in
2537-433: The party with 12 members. Founding National Standing Committee A youth wing was formed in September 1978 which was named Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal with Abul Kashem as chief convener. The Dhaka unit convener was Saifur Rahman. Within a couple of months, the central executive committee of Jubo Dal was declared with Abul Kashem and Saifur Rahman as the President and general secretary respectively. Mirza Abbas became
2596-601: The party. These leaders formed a committee with Shah Aziz as the President and AKM Maidul Islam as the general secretary. This faction later joined the Jatiya Front and Jatiya Party . On 23 September 1984, while addressing a rally in Bogra , 10-12 handmade grenades were charged at the rally and some of them were aimed at the stage, where Khaleda Zia was giving her speech. Khaleda Zia narrowly escaped injury while eleven of her party received severe injuries. A nationwide strike
2655-480: The protests became more violent and many died. Bombs were hurled at the Sena Kalyan Sangstha building at Motijhil. From 27 November to 3 December, more than fifty protesters died. On 4 December, the mass uprising took place and Ershad declared his resignation. Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) which has always been a centre of all popular movements in the history of Bangladesh came under
2714-411: The senior vice-chairman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the secretary-general. The party tends to consulate votes based on complete independence of Bangladeshi territory and a mix of Bengali and Islamic customs. It is often known to be pro-global with being very pro- China or pro- Southeast Asia and pro- Middle East to capture markets on foreign investment and remittance. On 22 February 1978,
2773-466: The symbol of the BNP. Shah Azizur Rahman with some of his colleagues from Muslim League . Kazi Zafar Ahmed and a faction of United Peoples Party, Maulana Matin with his Labour Party, and minority leader Rashraj Mandal with Tafsili Jati Federation also joined. Ziaur Rahman was their candidate for the presidential election of 3 June 1978. Ziaur Rahman won the election, defeating M. A. G. Osmani of Ganatantrik Oikya Jote (United Democratic Alliance) which
2832-437: The three BNP activists who were rallying in front of the central office of the Jatiya Party when the Jatiya Party cadres opened fire on the crowd. On 28 November, the opposition parties including BNP and its student wing defied the curfew and state of emergency and came out with large processions. The curfew and state of emergency was the last resort for Ershad which became ineffective by the end of November 1990. On 3 December,
2891-484: Was arrested on 3 November in the afternoon from his residence at Dhaka Cantonment. A ban on political activities was imposed that night and Begum Khaleda Zia was kept under house arrest. The illegal regime was severely shaken at the core. A long curfew and ban on politics was imposed. On 29 February 1984, Ershad declared that the ban on politics would be lifted on 26 March and on 27 May, both the presidential and national elections would be held. The 7-Party Alliance asked for
2950-413: Was assigned with the post of Secretary General of the party instead of KM Obaidur Rahman . Soon after the removal of Obaidur, he with Jamal Uddin Ahmed and Abul Hasnat formed a new party with the same name. On 17 July of the same year, Shah Azizur Rahman dissolved the BNP faction with him and joined the party with his followers on 26 August. Barrister Abdus Salam Talukder restructured the BNP, making it
3009-415: Was backed by the Bangladesh Awami League. After the presidential election of 1978, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was established on 1 September. The newly established party soon emerged as a "hotchpotch" of leftists, rightists, opportunists , and Pakistan-era establishmenterians . The constitution of the party was drafted within 21 days of the formation with 76 members with Ziaur Rahman as
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#17327655792673068-426: Was called in protest at this attack on 22 and 27 December. The government imposed a ban on political activities on those days to foil the strike, but it was largely ignored. Two people including a student leader from Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal died when police fired on a crowd on 22 December. The government amid protests, held upazila elections on 15 May 1985 in 251 upazilas and on 20 May in 209. The election
3127-473: Was dissolved on 28 August 1978 to consolidate its membership under the Jatiyatabadi Front. On 1 May 1978, the Jatiyatabadi Front or Nationalist Front was formed with Ziaur Rahman as the front's chief, which JAGODAL joined soon after its formation. A major portion of NAP (Bhashani) joined the front as well with Mashiur Rahman . The election symbol of NAP (Bhashani) , sheaf of paddy, would become
3186-431: Was elected as the speaker of the parliament. Asaduzzaman Khan from the Awami League became the leader of the opposition. During this time, it attracted a large pool of supporters and activists who joined the newly formed student wing and youth wing. After the formation of the government, the first executive committee of the party was declared. A national standing committee was formed as the highest decision-making forum of
3245-504: Was established by a retired army officer, Hussain Mohammad Ershad on 1 January 1986. He was the Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army . He had seized power through a coup d'état on 24 March 1982 . He ruled the country as chief martial law administrator till December 1983. Politics was banned during the state of emergency imposed by Ershad, when Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was appointed President of Bangladesh . The Janadal Party
3304-409: Was formed under the leadership of A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury , through Ershads declaration of the 19-point programme on 17 March 1983. Chowdhury announced the formation of Janadal on 27 November 1983. Chowdhury was the convenor and MA Matin as general secretary. When Ershad became president, Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury was named chairman and Riazuddin Ahmed (also known as Bhola Mia, in his area)
3363-634: Was largely boycotted. BNP Chairperson mobilised a large pool of political parties and their leaders behind her to boycott the election. Apart from the BNP-led 7-Party Alliance and leftist 5-Party Alliance, 17 more parties including BNP ( Shah Aziz ), Samajbadi Dal ( Nirmal Sen ), Democratic League (Moshtaq), Democratic League ( Oli Ahad ), Islamic Democratic League , Islami Andolon (M. A. Jalil), Janata Party, Jatiya Ganatantrik Party , Labour Party (Maolana Matin), Muslim League ( Kamruzzaman ), Progatishil Ganatantrik Shakti and so on. Khaleda Zia reiterated that
3422-569: Was marked by rigging, stuffing, snatching of ballots and electoral fraud. Ershad's newly formed Janadal got 190 candidates as victors. Though, BNP had struggles because of government repression, it got 46 of its leaders as upazila chairmen while the Awami League fared worse with 41 upazila chairmen. In 1985, BNP's student wing Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal formed Shongrami Chatra Jote with Chatra League (Awranga), Chatra League (Pradhan) and five other student organisations and started its resistance against Ershad. In March 1986, Ershad declared that
3481-454: Was thrown out of power. Many of its leaders were imprisoned, including former Minister S.A. Bari, Saifur Rahman, Habibullah Khan, Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui, Atauddin Khan, Jamal Uddin Ahmed, K.M. Obaidur Rahman, Abul Hasnat, and Moudud Ahmed. 233 leaders of BNP were arrested from March to July 1982. From 1983, Begum Khaleda Zia became the de facto decision-maker of the party. Under her leadership,
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