The National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced its restructured 195-member central convening committee, retaining Nahid Islam as convener and Akhter Hossen as member secretary.
Nasiruddin Patwary and Hasnat Abdullah have been made senior joint conveners, while Md Sarjis Alam and Asif Mahmud have been appointed senior joint member secretaries.
The new committee was announced in a notice signed by Sadia Farzana Dina, the party’s office cell secretary, on Friday morning. It includes the central leadership, political council, divisional organising secretaries, assistant secretaries and general members.
Abdullah Al Amin, Ariful Islam Adeeb, Atik Mujahid, Abdul Hannan Masud, Ali Ahsan Junayed, Sarwar Tushar, Akram Hossain, Saleh Uddin Sifat, Mahmuda Alam Mitu and Nusrat Tabassum are among the members of the party’s 16-member political council.
The list of joint conveners includes Samanta Sharmin, Monira Sharmin, Barrister Sani Abdul Haque, Mahbub Alam, Mujahidul Islam Shaheen, Maulana Ashraf Mahadi, Sultan Mohammad Zakaria, Javed Rasin, Ehtesham Haque, Dilshana Parul, Pritom Das, Ishaq Sarker, Tarek A Adel and AK Flora, among others.
Alauddin Mohammad, SM Saif Mustafiz, Md Nizam Uddin, Nahida Sarwar Niva, Faridul Haque and Md Ataullah have been appointed joint member secretaries.
The central committee also includes editorial positions covering a wide range of areas, ranging from international affairs and legal affairs to culture, labour, and literature and publications.
Other portfolios include information technology, human rights, social welfare, information and research, science and technology, finance and planning, industry and commerce, sports, the July Mass Uprising, relief and disaster management, and youth and employment.
Among the divisional organising secretaries, Saifullah Haidar has been assigned responsibility for the northern part of Dhaka Division, ASM Sujauddin for the southern part of Chattogram Division, Imran Imon for Rajshahi Division, and Navid Nowroz Shah for the northern part of Chattogram Division. The committee also includes 19 assistant secretaries and 58 general members.
Party leaders said the move is part of a broader effort to reorganise the party’s structure from the top level down to the grassroots. According to them, the party recognised the need for organisational changes before the 13th parliamentary election held in February this year, and the process has continued since the election.
They said the restructuring aims to make the decision-making process more dynamic and strengthen coordination with grassroots leaders and activists. The NCP also seeks to advance its organisational preparations ahead of the local government elections scheduled for February next year and the party’s first national council.
