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Md Rashed Khan, political assistant to the prime minister (with the rank of secretary), has said it will never be possible for the National Citizen Party (NCP) to continue its ‘household’ with Jamaat-e-Islami.
He wrote this in a post on his verified Facebook ID on Monday. In his words, it will never be possible for the NCP to continue its household with Jamaat. Sooner or later, the NCP will have to break up this household, because that is necessary for the party’s political rise.
However, he also wrote that the matter would be different if the NCP, lured by short-term power, considers winning a few seats for parliamentary politics to be its goal. In that case, he said, the ‘household of co-wives’ between Jamaat and the NCP would have to be kept going by sometimes showing anger, resentment and hurt feelings, and sometimes by compromise and reconciliation.
In the post, Rashed Khan mentioned that many rising women leaders, including Samanta Sharmin, Dr Tasnim Jara and Tasnuva Jabeen, have left the NCP. He wrote that women who think independently outside the Jamaati ideology are also sidelined in the party. According to his post, before the national election 10 key leaders, including central joint member secretary and one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement Arif Sohel, resigned from the NCP together. Countless leaders have left the party even after the election, and the number keeps growing.
In the view of this political assistant to the prime minister, if the NCP does not want to lose its independent-minded leadership, it must cut ties with Jamaat and focus on organising the party. He wrote that under Jamaat’s shade, a sapling like the NCP will never get light and air of its own; rather, it will gradually become like a parasite.
At the end of the post he asked: if the NCP remains under Jamaat’s leadership, why would young people with an ‘I hate politics’ mindset join the NCP saying ‘I love politics’? He also asked what achievements there are at present apart from Jamaat’s Gazi Nazrul Islam, Amir Hamza and Major Akhtaruzzaman.
Background
According to a Jugantor report, Samanta Sharmin announced her resignation from the NCP in a Facebook post on Thursday (5 November). According to her post as published online by Independent Television, nearly a year ago, on the question of forming an alliance, she had taken the position that Jamaat was not fit to be an ally in either principle or strategy.
bdnews24.com reported on 27 December 2025 that Tasnim Jara left the NCP while serving as the party’s senior joint member secretary.
Sources
Background sources: Jugantor, 5 November 2026; Independent Television, 5 November 2026; bdnews24.com, 27 December 2025
