Rastro Songskar Andolan announces Hasnat Kaiyum as new president

Names of the general secretary and other members will be disclosed later

The Rastro Songskar Andolan has restructured its central committee and elected Hasnat Kaiyum, who previously served as chief coordinator, as its president.

The organisation has also formally added “Bangladesh” to its name, becoming the Bangladesh Rastro Songskar Andolan.

The decisions were announced during a special delegate conference at SAK Centre in Dhaka on Friday morning, the party said in a media statement issued later in the evening.

The organisation began in 2012 with the “Democratic Constitution Movement” and formally launched as a political party in 2021.

The names of the newly elected general secretary and other executive committee members will be disclosed later, the party added.

Hasnat alleged that the previous election commission under former prime minister Sheikh Hasina had denied registration to the Rastro Songskar Andolan.

The matter was later resolved through court orders instructing the commission to grant registration.

He expressed hope that under the new government, the current election commission will complete the party’s registration at the earliest possible time.