Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal
| Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল | |
|---|---|
 Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal Badge | |
| President | Rakibul Islam Rakib |
| Secretary General | Nasir Uddin Nasir |
| Founded | 1 January 1979 |
| Headquarters | 28/1 New Paltan, Dhaka |
| Ideology | Nationalism |
| Mother party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Website | JCD Official website |
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal (Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল Jatiyôtabadee Chhatrô Dôl),[1] also known as JCD, is the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[2] Many of the top BNP leaders and policy-makers today were once closely associated with JCD and developed as student leaders.
History
[edit]After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was founded by Ziaur Rahman, he realized a strong student organization was needed to cherish future leaders, and founded Chhatra Dal on 1 January 1979. As the student wing of the BNP, Chatra Dal has adopted a 19-point programme, based on the mother organization's structure and approach.[2] Chatra Dal was one of the Vanguard organisation in the democracy movement against Military dictator Hussain Muhammed Ershad.[3]
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal is led by a committee, of whom all the members are students. The Dal has 736 member national committee. The committee formed in 2016 came under criticism from party activists for including nonstudents and people with criminal cases filed against them; despite Chairperson of BNP Khaleda Zia forbidding it. It also had members who were victims of forced disappearance.[4]
Violence
[edit]In 2004, members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) harassed the NGO Proshika, resulting in damage to its headquarters and two local offices in Mehdiganj, Barisal. These events occurred under the then Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government.[5] On 11 September 2004, JCD activists targeted opposition student groups, journalists, and vandalized the office of Dhaka University Teachers Association president AAMS Arefin Siddique.[6] Additionally, on 15 October 2015, a conflict between Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir at BL College in Daulatpur led to the deployment of Bangladesh Rifles and riot police.[7]
In 2002, Sony, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, died in a shootout between two factions of Chhatra Dal.[8][9] On 19 November 2006, JCD members attacked and injured five activists of Chhatra Sangram Parishad and detonated bombs at Dhaka University.[10] The police filed cases against 150 JCD activists for attacking law enforcement during factional protests in Sylhet.[11] On 9 November 2008, Ashraful Islam Pintu, the president of the Jhenaidah unit of JCD, was arrested with a gun and bomb.[12]
On 19 January 2010, factional clashes within Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal resulted in injuries to 25 people, including a proctor and four police officers.[13] On 12 December 2010, 200 JCD activists attacked their own headquarters in Naya Paltan over the formation of a unit committee.[14] Saiduzzaman Pasha, a Dhaka University JCD activist, was arrested on 28 January 2010 after photos of him armed with a gun during factional clashes emerged; he faced several criminal charges, including extortion.[15]
On 26 May 2013, JCD members vandalized 25 vehicles during protests in support of Tarique Rahman in Dhaka.[16] On 15 August 2013, JCD engaged in factional clashes during Khaleda Zia's birthday celebration in Chittagong, damaging private property.[17] On 28 November 2013, JCD attacked a demonstration by the Bangladesh Awami League's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League in Narsingdi, resulting in the deaths of two Chhatra League members.[18]
Factional clashes among JCD activists in front of the BNP office in Naya Paltan on 17 March 2014 left 10 activists injured.[19] On 7 March 2015, a JCD leader was injured while attempting to build a bomb in Chittagong.[20] On 19 July 2015, the central president of JCD, Rajib Ahsan, and five associates were arrested with the drug Ya Ba in Dumki upazila, Patuakhali.[21]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Constitution of JCD". jcd-bnp.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh National party". bnpbd.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "The Other Woman". The Daily Star. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Non-students rule new JCD committee". The Daily Star. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ Zaman, Mustafa. "Proshika A Case Gone Sour". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "JCD let loose terror on DU campus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Shibir, Chhatra Dal clash at BL College". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Sony's death anniversary observed". BDNEWS. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "The Tragedy of Student Politics". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "JCD men attack Chhatra Sangram Parishad activists on DU campus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "150 JCD men sued for violence, vandalism". The Daily Star. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Jhenidah Chhatra Dal leader sent to jail". The Daily Star. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "JCD men fight at DU". The Daily Star. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Dhaka College JCD men ransack central office". The Daily Star. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Chhatra Dal cadre Pasha arrested". The Daily Star. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "JCD men vandalise 17 vehicles in capital". The Daily Star. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "JCD men clash over celebration". The Daily Star. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "2 killed on last day of blockade". The Daily Star. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Aggrieved JCD men postpone agitation following assurance". The Daily Star. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "'Bomb-maker' JCD leader hurt in city". The Daily Star. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "JCD president, 5 others sent to jail". The Daily Star. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017.