Jamaat ex-leaders team up to float new political party

Majibur Rahman Manju and some other former leaders of Jamaat have teamed up to form a new political party in a few months.

The new political party will not do anything based on religion, rather it will do only politics in participation of all communities, the former Jamaat leader said.

Manju came up with the announcement at a press conference at a city hotel on Saturday.

They have already formed five committees to launch the new party with a slogan 'Jana Akhankhar Bangladesh', Manju said.

Earlier on February 16, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami expelled Monju from the party for violating its discipline and engaging in anti-organisational activities.

In recent times, differences of opinion within the Jamaat have surfaced over reforms and whether it would apologise to the nation for opposing the 1971 Liberation War.

The Jamaat, which opposed Bangladesh’s birth, had already been in trouble after its senior leaders were handed down punishment for crimes against humanity, according to its insiders. Besides, the Election Commission cancelled the party’s registration with it.

On February 15, Jamaat assistant secretary general Barrister Abdur Razzaq quit the party, citing its failure to apologise for its role in the Liberation War and bring reforms to its constitution.

The following day, Mujibur Rahman (Manju), a member of Jamaat’s policy-making body Majlish-e-Shura, who had been vocal about brining reforms to the party, was expelled from the Jamaat for “breaching discipline” and “anti-party activities”.