The National Citizen Party (NCP) has initiated a sweeping restructuring of its central apparatus, aiming to expand its operational footprint across the country while keeping its top executive leadership, including the convener and member secretary, strictly intact.
The decisions were formalised during a high-level meeting of the party’s Political Council on Monday, where senior leaders deliberated on central restructuring, functional portfolio distribution, and strategic preparations for the upcoming local government elections.
According to party insiders, the NCP plans to introduce 25 to 30 new secretarial portfolios to its central committee, establishing dedicated units for key portfolios such as finance, commerce, and education.
To support these roles, deputy and associate secretaries will be appointed alongside each post. Parallel to the central expansion, the party is moving to activate specialised cells, including dedicated divisions for international affairs, law, human rights, and media.
A new IT cell has already been placed under the stewardship of NCP spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain.
To ensure seamless coordination across its regional wings, the Political Council approved the creation of a 23-member organisational subcommittee. NCP Chief Organiser (North) Sarjis Alam is slated to lead the body, flanked by two deputies selected from the Political Council. Regional leadership will also be bolstered, with each division set to receive a dedicated divisional secretary and a joint organisational secretary.
Having successfully established district committees nationwide, the NCP has set an October deadline to complete all upazila-level formations.
To support this drive, senior leaders, including Sarjis Alam, Sarwar Tusher, Ali Ahsan Junayed, and Saleh Uddin Sifat, have been tasked with conducting political workshops spanning divisional down to ward levels.
The party’s internal shake-up comes as it shifts focus toward the approaching local body elections, where it intends to field single candidates across most constituencies. Addressing the strategy, NCP Joint Convener and Political Council member Sarwar Tusher emphasised that local acceptability would take precedence over formal party symbols.
“We are working with all district and upazila committees across every division, reactivating units wherever necessary,” Tusher told TIMES. “Because local elections depend heavily on individual standing rather than party symbols, we are selecting candidates who command genuine public trust and resonate with local expectations.”
Senior leaders highlighted that the elections represent a crucial building block rather than a mere electoral contest, viewing the ballot as an opportunity to entrench an enduring grassroots base across upazilas and unions nationwide.
