Gano Forum ( bn, গণফোরাম), literally ''People's Forum'', is a political party in
Bangladesh. GF was formed through a split of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
and the merger of civil society groups in 1992. The party is headed by one of its founders, the constitutional lawyer and international jurist Dr.
Kamal Hossain.
The former Bangladeshi finance minister
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith served as the founding general secretary of party. After the death of
Saifuddin Ahmed Manik in 2008, Then Mostafa Mohsin Montu served almost one decade and then Dr
Reza Kibria has served as the General Secretary until he resign from the party on February, 2021
Veteran politicians such as Advocate Zahirul Islam (former member of Parliament) and Mr. Mafizul Islam Khan Kamal (former member of Parliament) are a part of Gano Forum. Mr. Mafizul Islam Khan Kamal is the executive president of the party. Amsaa Amin,
Abu Sayeed
Abu Sayeed is a politician from Pabna district of Bangladesh, organizer of the War of Liberation, and former Minister of State for Information who was a Member of Parliament for the then Pabna 8 and Pabna-1 constituencies.
Career
Sayeed was a ...
, A. H. M. Khalequzzaman, Shubrata Chowdhury, Mostafa Mohsin Montu, Sultan Md. Monsur Ahmed, Reza Kibria were the candidates of Gano Forum from
Jatiya Oikya Front in the
2018 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina.
According to political scientist Ali Riaz, ...
References
1992 establishments in Bangladesh
Political parties established in 1992
Political parties in Bangladesh
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