Nationalist Democratic Movement (Bangladesh)

[1][2][3] The Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) (Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদী গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলন- এনডিএম) is a political party in Bangladesh. It was officially launched on 24 April 2017.[4] It identifies as centrist. The party has got registration from the Election Commission of Bangladesh. The symbol of the party is Lion.

National Democratic Movement
জাতীয়তাবাদী গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলন
AbbreviationNDM
LeaderBobby Hajjaj
FounderBobby Hajjaj
Founded24 April 2017 (2017-04-24)
Student wingNationalist Democratic Student Movement
National affiliationGano Oikya
Election symbol
Lion

History

Nationalist Democratic Movement – NDM has its origins in the ShopnerDesh movement started by party founder and Chairman, Bobby Hajjaj.[5] The erosion of political values, centralization of party power, and the abeyance of democratic norms, were reasons stated by party leaders for their formation of the party. Party Chairman along with other current members of the NDM's National Executive Committee started work on launching the party at a national scale in midyear 2016 [6] and on 24 April 2017 they officially launched the party. According to party leadership NDM had the biggest launch of any political party in Bangladesh with representatives from over thirty districts convening for the official launch in Dhaka.[7][8]

Elections

The party was seeking registration from the Election Commission of Bangladesh to participate in the next General Election, likely to be held in late 2018 or early 2019. The party has got registration from the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 30 January 2019. The symbol of the party is Lion.

References
  1. আনুষ্ঠানিক যাত্রা শুরু করলো জাতীয়তাবাদী গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলন, retrieved 15 October 2023
  2. Sangbad, Protidiner. "ববি হাজ্জাজের নেতৃত্বে নতুন রাজনৈতিক দল". Protidiner Sangbad (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. "৫ দাবি নিয়ে ববি হাজ্জাজের নতুন রাজনৈতিক দল এনডিএম". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. Hasnat, Mahadi. "Bobby Hajjaj officially launches Nationalist Democratic Movement party". Dhaka Tribune.
  5. "NSU holds seminar on battling radicalism". The Daily Star. 10 December 2016.
  6. "Bobby Hajjaj's 'NDM' active in field". Poriborton. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. ৫ দাবি নিয়ে ববি হাজ্জাজের নতুন রাজনৈতিক দল এনডিএম [Babi Hajjaj's new political party NDM 5 demands]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).
  8. "National Democratic Movement - NDM". ndmbd.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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