‘Deviation from new settlement’ leads 12 NCP leaders to quit in Bagerhat

Twelve leaders of the National Citizen Party, NCP, have resigned in Bagerhat, citing a “deviation from the new settlement” that the party had promised.

They announced their resignations at a press conference at the Bagerhat Press Club on Sunday, January 11.

Those who stepped down include Ali Hossain, chief coordinator of the NCP’s Bagerhat Sadar upazila unit; joint coordinator Kazi Mahfuzur Rahman; and members Ashikur Rahman Suman, Sheikh Russell, Sheikh Mizanur Rahman, Md Hasan Sheikh, Md Shahidul Islam, Sheikh Zahidul Islam, Sheikh Nabil Hossain, Md Jony, Munia Akter Jeny and Md Ratul Ahsan.

Ali Hossain said he had been serving as chief coordinator of the Bagerhat Sadar unit since June 3, 2025. He said the ideals that inspired the party’s birth after the 2024 mass uprising, and its promise of building a “new Bangladesh”, no longer matched the current political reality.

Because of the gap between his own beliefs and the party’s political direction, he said, it was no longer possible for him to continue with the NCP, and he had therefore resigned from his post.