National People's Party () (NPP) is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was established in 2007 and used to be part of the BNP-led

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History

In 19 July 2007, the party was established and a 151-member committee was announced. The party was established by former Jatiya Party leader Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu and the party was initially composed of members and leaders of

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, JaSaD Chhatra League. In 2014 after Nilu joined

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's Iftar party in

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, he was kicked from the party and NPP split into 2 factions. In 3 December 2022, National People's Party declared a 171-member central executive committee.

Ideology

The party is alleged to be

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

and supportive of

Bangladeshi nationalism Bangladeshi nationalism () is a civic nationalism that promotes the territorial identity of Bangladeshis. It originated as an ideology that emerged during the late 1970s and popularized by former President Ziaur Rahman. The history of nationa ...

Social progressivism Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human ...

and

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

Participation in elections

the National People's Party participated in the

2008 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awam ...

with around 30 candidates and got 10,348 votes and 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 another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance (Bangladesh), Grand Alliance led by Sheik ...

, In both of the elections that it participated in, the party faced a devastating defeat and had their security deposits seized.

Affiliate organisations

* National People's Jubo Party

References

{{Reflist Political parties in Bangladesh 2007 establishments in Bangladesh Political organizations established in 2007