A Correspondent:
Barishal: More than 50 leaders and activists of Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) and Jubo Odhikar Pari-shad (JOP) formally joined the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Barishal on Saturday.
They joined the party at an event held at Barishal Press Club around noon, where NCP’s Barishal district convener Abu Sayeed Musa welcomed them into the party born out of the July 2024 Uprising with flowers.
Musa said that over a hundred activists from different political parties filled out membership forms on the day and were inducted into the NCP.
Notable among the new members are Sirajul Islam, president of Babuganj upazila unit of Gono Odhikar Parishad, and its general secretary Masum Howlader. Others include Zahidul Islam Riyad, president of Babuganj upazila Jubo Odhikar Parishad, and Anisur Rahman Khan, general secretary of Kedarpur un-ion unit, along with leaders and activists from Wazirpur, Gournadi, Mehendiganj and Muladi upazilas.
Among those present at the event were Abu Sayeed Khan Ferdous, member secretary of NCP Barishal district; senior joint member secretary Abed Ahmed Rony; Nafisa Mustari, central senior joint chief or-ganiser of Jatiya Nari Shakti; organisational secretaries Asif Ali and Imran Hossain; and office secretary Nazmul Hasan, among others.
