Member-secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee Akhtar Hossain said that a new political party was going to be launched in the country by February next.
鈥楾he anti-discrimination student movement, which led the July uprising, and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee will jointly announce a centrist political party,鈥� he said.
Akhtar Hossain disclosed the information while addressing his daylong separate programmes in Kawnia upazila and Rangpur Carmichael College on Thursday.
He distributed 1,000 blankets among cold-stricken poor and distressed in a function held at Kawnia Girls鈥� High School ground in the morning and later, conducted public contacts in Kawnia Bazar in Kawnia upazila.
Later, Akhtar addressed a gathering of the students of Pirgachha and Kawnia upazila studying in Rangpur Carmichael College and Begum Rokeya University on Carmichael College campus in the afternoon.
He said that 200 Thana committees of the proposed new political party had already been formed across the country.
鈥楤y January, more than 400 Thana committees will be formed. Then, in February, we will officially announce the party. Many name suggestions have come. It will be finalized after some deliberation,鈥� he said.
鈥楾his party will emerge from a moderate political practice in Bangladesh. Just as we will not tolerate the Islamophobia that has been going on in this country for a long time, we will not tolerate any Hinduism, extremism or Muslim extremism in any places.鈥�
He said that many were trying to bring Awami League in the next election. It was clear that they were doing it because of their ties with Delhi. However, the people would not let Awami League return to politics in Bangladesh.
Akhtar Hossain said that 50 years of independence had passed, but the people of the country were not well, they were in a lot of trouble.
鈥業 will make efforts to implement the Teesta Master Plan and establish an economic zone on the banks of Teesta at the middle place in between the Kawnia and Pirgachha upazilas and these upazilas will be turned into model upazilas in the future,鈥� he added.
Rangpur divisional, district and Kawnia upazila level organisers of the Jatiya Nagorik Committee Alamgir Hossain, Arif Hossain, Rezwan Hossain, Suman Ahmed, Alamgir Nayan, M Alamgir Kabir, Engineer Sheikh Rezwan, MI Suman, Khandaker Mainul Haque Meem, Rifat Hasan, Shamim Hossain, Shipon Ahmed Himu and other leaders were present.