20-party splits after Nilu announces new alliance
Friday, 26 September 2014
The BNP-led 20-Party alliance split on Thursday after National Peoples' Party (NPP) chief Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu announced formation of a new political alliance called the National Democratic Front (NDF),report agencies.
Setting to rest speculations of a rift in the BNP-led alliance during the last few days, Nilu said he was not only breaking away but carving out a new alliance at a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday.
The 20-Party alliance had expelled the NPP president after he attended a party at the Ganabhaban hosted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in July this year.
"I am launching the National Democratic Front," Nilu said after paying respects to leaders like, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman.
National Democratic Party's Secretary General Alamgir Majumder has been made the Secretary General of the NDF alliance.
The alliance comprises of National Peoples' Party led by Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu, National Democratic Party (NDP) led by Alamgir Majumder, Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal led by Abdul Malek Chowdhury, Bangladesh Muslim League led by Zobaiyda Quader Choudhury, National Awami Party, NAP led by Sheikh Anwarul Haque, Labour Party led by Sekandar Ali, Bangladesh Islamic Party led by Abdur Rashid Prodhan, Insaaf Party led by Shahid Chowdhury, Bhashani Front led by Mamtaz Chowdhury and Trinamool NAP Bhashani led by Parveen Naser Sultana.