Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dôl, BNP) is the largest political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on September 1, 1978, by former president Ziaur Rahman. The party ruled the country five times. The party's chair is Begum Khaleda Zia, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Currently, it is in power with a two-thirds majority in the national parliament.

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Political party - Bangladesh - September 1 - 1978 - President - Ziaur Rahman - Begum Khaleda Zia - Prime Minister - Parliament

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In the 2001 elections the BNP and its allies got 47% of the vote and 215 of the 300 seats in Parliament.

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The BNP promotes a right-of-center policies, and is often accused by its detractors of being too soft on the right-wing segments of the political establishment. The party has often found itself governing the country during times of great challenge to the state. President Ziaur Rahman, during his tenure, reestablished multi-party democracy in Bangladesh. He also gave the country an independent foreign and defense policy, and moved away from the pro-Indian positions that the previous administration had espoused. The country embarked on Islamization during the BNP tenure in 1991-96 and standing with the Islamic fundamentalists, they are heading the country towards a Taliban state.

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President - Ziaur Rahman - Democracy

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After the election of 2001, many Hindus were attacked by a section of the governing regime. Girls such as 14-year-old Purnima were raped by the members of BNP (the governing party) but the law could not do anything. Intellectuals such as Gopal Krishna Muhuri also killed by the members of the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh. According to the human rights organizations around 200 women were raped and 1000 people were silently killed.==See also==

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• Politics of Bangladesh
• List of political parties in Bangladesh
 
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