Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal () is the women's wing of the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

. Afroza Abbas is the President of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal and general secretary of Sultana Ahemed

History

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal was established on 9 September 1978. Shahida Akhter Rita, a Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal politician and the only woman candidate in Jamalpur District, lost the election from Jamalpur-1 in December 2008. In March 2010, Noor-e-Ara Safa was elected President and Shirin Sultana was elected General Secretary of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal. Activists of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal protested in Tangail District on 6 January 2013 protesting the gang rape of a student of Major General Mahmudul Hasan High School. Bangladesh High Court granted bail to Afroza Abbas and Sultana Ahmed, President and General Secretary of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal on 12 February 2018. Abbas was set to contest the 2018 parliamentary election from

Dhaka-9 Dhaka-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Saber Hossain Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 1 through 7, a ...

. Abbas is the wife Mirza Abbas, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former minister. In November 2018, Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained by Bangladesh Police from the residence of Abbas. The President of Chittagong unit of Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal was detained by Bangladesh Police in August 2018 for allegedly provoking students who were protesting. Ten people were injured in violent fractional clashes of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal in Chittagong in February 2020. Afroza Abbas, President of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal, told the media that the Awami League government would be washed away by the floods in July 2022. Various district committees of the dal were organized. Seema Chowdhury, granddaughter of

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), often shortened as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bengali politician. His political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods. Maulana Bhashani was pop ...

, was elected president of Naogaon District unit of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal. On 11 March, 12 members protested outside the organizations central headquarters calling for the removal of Afroza Abbas, President of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal, and subsequently all 12 members were expelled from the organization. Police prevent protests by Mohila Dal regarding inflation at the Jatiya Press Club on 14 March 2022.

References

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