Jatiya Party (Manju)

For other uses, see Jatiya Party (disambiguation).
Jatiya Party-JP
জাতীয় পার্টি - জেপি
Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju
Secretary-General Sheikh Shahidul Islam
Headquarters Badi-3/6, Block-A, Lalmatiyo, Khana-Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207[1]
Seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad
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The Jatiya Party (Manju) (National Party (Manju)) is a political party in Bangladesh, led by Anwar Hossain Manju. It is a splinter group of the original Jatiya Party, that was founded by the military dictator Hussain Mohammad Ershad. It broke away from the original Jatiya Party in the late 1990s when Hussain Mohammad Ershad joined the BNP and Jamaat to form the 4 party alliance. Both of its top leaders served as Ministers under HM Ershad

The party is registered with the Election Commission of Bangladesh as Jatiya Party-JP.[2]

References

  1. "Bangladesh Election Commission - Home page". Ecs.gov.bd. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. "Registration brings down number of parties eligible for JS polls". Bangladesh-web.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
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