National Awami Party (Muzaffar)

The National Awami Party , is a left wing political party in Bangladesh.

History

National Awami Party traces its origin to a split of the National Awami Party into two factions, one pro-China and one pro-Moscow. The pro-Moscow fraction was National Awami Party (Wali), led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and the pro-China was called National Awami Party (Bhashani), led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. Muzaffar Ahmed was a leader of the National Awami Party in East Pakistan. After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the East Pakistan branch of National Awami Party became an independent party; the National Awami Party.
The party participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War, through the NAP-CPB-Chhatra Union Guerrilla Bahini. Muzaffar was an organizer of the guerrilla force.
In 1991 Bangladeshi general election NAP won one seat when Md. Abdul Hafiz beat Jatiya Party candidate Kazi Faruque Kader by 103 votes in Nilphamari-4 constituency. After that they never won a seat in any general election.

Electoral registry

The party is registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission as "Bangladesh National Awami Party", and its election symbol is a house. The central party office is located in Dhanmondi Hawkers Market, Dhaka.