NAP, NDP sever ties with 20-party alliance

Published: October 16, 2018 17:39:01 | Updated: October 31, 2018 19:26:09

Three days after formation of a new alliance involving BNP, the BNP-led 20-party alliance suffered a split as two of its components announced to leave it.

National Awami Party (NAP) and National Democratic Party (NDP) announced to sever ties with the alliance through a press conference.

NAP chairman Jebel Rahman Gani came up with the announcement at Gulshan Convention Centre in the city.

On October 13, BNP, Jatiya Oikya Prokriya and a faction of Jukta Front launched a new opposition alliance, 'Jatiya Oikya Front', ahead of the 11th national election, reports UNB.