The Bangladesh National Awami Party bn, বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি-বাংলাদেশ ন্যাপ is a political party in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The party traces its origins to a splinter group of the

National Awami Party (Bhashani) National Awami Party (Bhashani) is a left wing political party in Bangladesh. History National Awami Party (Bhashani) was established on 30 November 1967 when National Awami Party split into two different fractions. The pro-Moscow fraction was Nati ...

led by Mashiur Rahman, who was popularly known as Jadu Mia. Jadu Mia's NAP faction had merged with 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 ...

in the late 1970s. Jadu Mia's son

Shafiqul Ghani Swapan Shawfikul Ghaani Swapan was a Bangladeshi politician and the former chairman of Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP. During his political career, he served as a Member of Parliament twice, and held cabinet positions in both the Zia a ...

refounded the Bangladesh National Awami Party in December 2006.

died in 2009, after which

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took over as party chairman.

Organization

As of 2020,

served as party chairman and M. Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan as party general secretary. The party was registered with the

Bangladesh Election Commission The Bangladesh Election Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নির্বাচন কমিশন), abbreviated and publicly referred to as EC, is an independent constitutional body that operates the legal functions of election laws in ...

as 'Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP' ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি-বাংলাদেশ ন্যাপ) on November 13, 2008.Bangladesh Election Commission
নিবন্ধিত রাজনৈতিক দল
/ref> The election symbol of the party is a cow. As of 2019 the party claimed to have organized committees in 38 districts. The party is led by a 71-member Central Committee.

Electoral politics and alliances

In 2012, the party joined the BNP-led 20-party alliance. The party boycotted the 2014 Bangladeshi general election. The party broke away from the 20-party alliance on October 16, 2018.''Daily Star''.
Quitting 20-Party: Rifts emerge in NAP, NDP
' Along with the National Democratic Party, the Bangladesh NAP protested against the alliance of BNP with the

Jatiya Oikya Front Jatiya Oikya Front (English: National Unity Front; bn, জাতীয় ঐক্য ফ্রন্ট) was a Bangladesh-based political alliance of primarily four parties led by Kamal Hossain. The front officially declared its formation on ...

. Subsequently, Bangladesh NAP and NDP joined the

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh ( bn, বিকল্প ধারা বাংলাদেশ, translit=Bikôlpa Dhāra Bānglādesh, lit=Alternate Path Bangladesh) is a political party in Bangladesh founded by former President of Bangladesh and BNP p ...

-led Juktafront.''New Age''.
Bangladesh NAP, NDP meet B Chy to expand Jukta Front
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References

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