Trinomool Bangladesh National Party (Bengali: তৃণমূল বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় দল/তৃণমূল বিএনপি), commonly known as the Trinomool BNP, is a political party in Bangladesh founded by former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda in 2015.[2] The party is the fourth to be founded by Huda, and the second to get registered by the Election Commission (EC). Huda first founded BNF after leaving Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, although he was later expelled from BNF. Trinomool BNP had tried to join the ruling Grand Alliance publicly in the past.[3][4][5]
Trinomool Bangladesh National Party তৃণমূল বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় দল Grassroots Bangladesh National Party | |
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| Abbreviation | Trinomool BNP (official in Bangla) Grassroots BNP (official in English) TBNP/GBNP (unofficial) |
| Chairperson | Shamsher M. Chowdhury |
| General Secretary | Taimur Alam Khandaker |
| Spokesperson | Salam Mahmud |
| Executive chairperson | Antara Selima Huda |
| Co-chairperson | K. A. Jahangir Majmadar |
| Senior vice-chairperson | Sheikh Habibur Rahman |
| Founder | Nazmul Huda |
| Founded | 20 November 2015 |
| Registered | 16 February 2023[1] |
| Split from | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Preceded by | Bangladesh Manobadhikar Party-BMP |
| Headquarters | 15/C (16th floor), 33 Topkhana Road, Paltan, Dhaka[1] |
| Student wing | Trinomool Chhatra Dal |
| Youth wing | Trinomool Jubo Dal |
| Women's wing | Trinomool Mohila Dal |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| National affiliation |
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| Colors | Alizarin crimson Kombu green |
| Slogan | "Shustho Rajniti- Shushashoner Bhitti" (Bengali) "Sound politics- Foundation of good governance" |
| Election symbol | |
"Shonali Aash" (Golden fibre) | |
| Website | |
| trinomulbnp.org | |
The party struggled to get registration from the EC, and the issue even went to the courts.[6] Although as the 2018 general election got held and the party couldn't participate because of being unregistered to EC, the issue became insignificant and remained unsolved. Later on, the EC registered the party in February 2023 following a court verdict ahead of the 12th general election, and the party started preparing to start political activities again.[7] Within 3 days of being registered, the party's chief Nazmul Huda passed away.[8][9][10][11]
The party's responsibility was then taken by his eldest daughter, Antara Selima Huda.
Name
History
Foundation
Registration issue
Death of Nazmul Huda
Ideology
Organization and leadership
List of chairpersons
- Status
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term in office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Tenure | |||
| 1 |  | Nazmul Huda (1943–2023) | 22 April 2016 | 19 February 2023 | 6 years, 303 days |
| Vacant (19 February – 6 May 2023; 76 days) | |||||
| — | Antara Selima Huda (born ?) | 6 May 2023 | 19 September 2023 | 136 days | |
| After a brief period of leadershiplessness caused by the sudden registration verdict and subsequent death of the founder, Nazmul Huda's daughter Antara took over as the interim head of the party. During her chairpersonship, the party embarked on a reorganization and political activities, as part of which the party participated in elections with its own identity for the first time - although the results were disastrous. The first council & convention was organized in which she was elected as the executive chairperson. | |||||
| 2 | .jpg) | Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury (born 1950) | 19 September 2023 | Incumbent | 253 days |