Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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| Leader | Begum Khaleda Zia |
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| Founded | September 1, 1978 |
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| Ideology | Center-right, Religious Conservatism, Nationalism |
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| Website BNP |
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dôl, BNP) is the immediate past ruling political party of Bangladesh, as part of an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (as of October 2006). It was founded on September 1, 1978, by former President General Ziaur Rahman. The party has ruled the country in four separate terms. The party's chair is General Zia's widow, Begum Khaleda Zia, an ex-Prime Minister of Bangladesh. In 2001 elections the BNP and its allies got 46% of the vote and 215 of the 300 seats in Parliament.
Major General Ziaur Rahman, during his tenure as president of the republic, reoriented the country's foreign policy, and moved away from the pro-Indian and pro-Soviet positions of the previous government. He emphasized the need for closer relations with Muslim majority countries, including former sister country Pakistan, and the West, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Ties were also strengthened with the Peoples Republic of China, and Saudi Arabia.
The 1991-1996 and 2001-2006 BNP led governments' successes include development in the education sector, infrastructure and telecommunications development, growth of macro-economy, and improvement of law and order situation. However, failure to improve power generation, activities of Islamic militancy, and large-scale corruption by top party leaders have subjected them to frequent criticism.
The BNP promotes a very center-right policy combining elements of conservatism, corporatism, nationalism, militarism, anti-anarchism and anti-communism. It is more popular among the country's business class, military, and conservatives, and is credited with bringing socio-economic stability in the country. Young people have showing particular interest to the party due to its open minded policy and in large the party is operated by young leaders.
In September 2007, Khaleda Zia expelled party Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Joint Secretary General Ashraf Hossain accusing breaching party discipline and conspiring to split the party. Bhuiyan stated he did not recognize the expulsion as valid, thus threatening to split the BNP.[1]
After Zia was detained by the transitional government in 2007, some party members chose Hafizuddin Ahmed to lead the party; Zia's supporters did not recognize this. The electoral commission subsequently invited Hafizuddin's faction, rather than Zia's, to participate in talks, effectively recognizing the former as the legitimate BNP. Zia challenged this in court, but her appeal was rejected on April 10, 2008.[2]
But recently when the fraction supported by the govt leaders Saifur Rahman declared that his position is not valid and Khaleda Zia is the only leader of Chairman, the so called reformist group hit by thunder. After couple of weeks Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan arrested in a corruption case and before that he told the journalist that Khaleda Zia is the leader of Chairman and party should be united behind her.
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[edit] References
- ^ People's Daily Online - Former Bangladesh ruling party formally split
- ^ "Bangladesh court rejects Zia appeal", Al Jazeera, April 10, 2008.
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