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Ex-DUCSU VP Nurul Haque floats new political party ‘Gono Adhikar Parishad’

A new political party named ‘Gono Adhikar Parishad’ has been formed with Economist Dr. Reza Kibria as convener and ex-DUCSU vice president Nurul Haque as  member secretary.

Nurul Haque Nur officially announced the name of the new political party at the office located at Pritam-Zaman Tower in the capital’s Paltan area on Tuesday (October 26).

Ex-DUCSU VP Nurul Haque floats new political party 'Gono Adhikar Parishad'

Earlier, the programme to make the announcement of the party’s name was deferred twice over complications in availing an auditorium and because of the communal violence across the country centring the incident at a Cumilla puja mandap.

A convening committee consisting of 101 members has been announced to lead the party. The joint conveners of the committee are Rashed Khan, Faruk Hasan, Sohrab Hossain, Abu Hanif and Mahfuzur Rahman Khan.

The slogan of the party is ‘People’s Rights, Our Commitment’.

There are four principles of the party. These are–Democracy, justice, rights and national interest.

Gono Odhikar Parishad convener Reza Kibria is the son of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria. An Oxford graduate, Reza Kibria returned to the country leaving his job at IMF (International Monetary Fund) in 2018. He joined Gono Forum and contested in the last parliamentary elections as a candidate of National Oikya Front, a BNP-led alliance.

Reza Kibria was elected the general secretary of Gono Forum. Later, he resigned from Gono Forum in February this year.

Nurul Haque rose to prominence with his leadership in the movement to reform quota system in the government jobs in 2018. Later, he was elected the vice president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) in 2019. In that time, he was attacked at least 13 times by the ruling party’s student wing and law enforcement agencies. As of today, there are 17 lawsuits against him. 

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