Another one bites the dust as NCP leaders quit over electoral alliance with Jamaat

The newest resignations come from party leaders Mushfiq and Mursaleen

Two leaders have resigned from the National Citizen Party (NCP) after raising objections to the party’s proposed electoral alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami.

Mushfiq Us Salehin, joint member secretary of the NCP, submitted his resignation letter to the party convenor on Thursday afternoon.

On Saturday, 30 central leaders of the NCP submitted a memorandum to Convenor Nahid Islam opposing any alliance with Jamaat.

Mushfiq was listed as the first signatory to that memorandum.

Speaking to bdnews24.com, he said: “The future political direction I see for the NCP does not align with my personal views. That is why I have resigned.”

Another resignation followed Mushfiq’s.

Khan Muhammad Mursaleen, the party’s joint chief coordinator, announced his departure in a Facebook post.

Earlier, on Wednesday, NCP joint convenor and head of the Policy and Research Wing Khaled Saifullah resigned from the party.

The NCP formally announced an electoral seat-sharing arrangement with Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday afternoon. On the same day, joint convenor Tajnuva Jabeen stepped down.

A day earlier, Tasnim Jara, the party’s senior joint member secretary, also resigned.

The NCP, formed in February 2025, emerged from the front-line leaders of the 2024 mass uprising, pledging to introduce a “new political settlement” in national politics.