Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল
AbbreviationBJCD
PresidentRashed Iqbal Khan (Acting)
General SecretarySaif Mahmud Jewel[1]
FounderZiaur Rahman
Founded1 January 1979 (1979-01-01)
Headquarters28/1 New Paltan, Dhaka
IdeologyNationalism
National affiliationBangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal (Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল Jatiyôtabadee Chhatrô Dôl),[2] also known as J.C.D, is the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[3] Many of the top BNP leaders and policy-makers today were once closely associated with JCD and developed as student leaders.

History

After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was founded by Ziaur Rahman, he realized a strong student organization was needed to cherish future leaders, and founded Chhatra Dal on 1 January 1979. As the student wing of the BNP, Chatra Dal has adopted a 19-point programme, based on the mother organization's structure and approach.[3] Chatra Dal was one of the Vanguard organisation in the democracy movement against Military dictator Hussain Muhammed Ershad.[4]

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal is led by a committee, of whom all the members are students. The Dal has 736 member national committee. The committee formed in 2016 came under criticism from party activists for including nonstudents and people with criminal cases filed against them; despite Chairperson of BNP Khaleda Zia forbidding it. It also had members who were victims of forced disappearance.[5]

Controversy

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal carried out a campaign of harassment against the NGO Proshika in 2004. Its headquarters were laid by SA Khaleq led Chhatra Dal. Two local offices of the NGO in Mehdiganj, Barisal were damaged by Chhatra Dal activist. This was done as part of the then Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government as part of a campaign of harassment against the NGO.[6] JCD activist attacked opposition student bodies, journalists, and vandalised the office of Dhaka University Teachers Association president AAMS Arefin Siddique on 11 September 2004.[7] On 15 October 2015 Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir fought between themselves in BL College in Daulatpur. Bangladesh Rifles and riot police were employed in the college after the violence.[8]

In 2002, Sony, a brilliant student of BUET, died in a shoot out between two fractions of JCD.[9][10] On 19 November 2006, JCD attacked and injured 5 activists of Chhatra Sangram Parishad and exploded bombs in Dhaka University.[11] Bangladesh Police filed cases against 150 activists of JCD for attacking police during fractional protests in Sylhet.[12] President of Jhenidah district unit of Chhatra Dal, Ashraful Islam Pintu, was arrested with a gun and bomb on 9 November 2008.[13]

On 19 January 2010 factional clashes of JCD left 25 people including proctor and 4 police officers.[14] 200 activists of JCD attacked its own headquarters in Naya Paltan on 12 December 2010 over the formation of unit committee.[15] Saiduzzaman Pasha,a Dhaka University activist of Chhatra Dal was arrested on 28 January 2010 when pictures of him armed with a gun during clashes between different fractions of Chhatra Dal emerged. He has several criminal cases against him, including for extortion.[16]

On 26 May 2013 JCD vandalised 25 vehicles during pro Tarique Rahman protests in Dhaka.[17] On 15 August 2013 JCD engaged in fractional clashes during Khaleda Zia's birthday celebration in Chittagong city and vandalised private property.[18] Chhatra Dal attacked a demonstration of Bangladesh Awami League backed Chhatra League in Narsingdi on 28 November 2013, resulting in the death of two league men.[19]

Fractional clashes between JCD activist in front of BNP office in Naya Paltan, left 10 activists injured on 17 March 2014.[20] On 7 March 2015, a JCD leader was injured while attempting to build a bomb in Chittagong.[21] The central President Rajib Ahsan of Chhatra Dal and 5 associates were arrested with the drug Ya Ba on 19 July 2015 in Dumki upazila, Patuakhali.[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ছাত্রদলের নতুন সভাপতি শ্রাবণ-সা. সম্পাদক জুয়েল [Shravan, Jewel new president, general secretary of JCD]. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Constitution of JCD". jcd-bnp.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Bangladesh National party". bnpbd.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Other Woman". The Daily Star. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Non-students rule new JCD committee". The Daily Star. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Zaman, Mustafa. "Proshika A Case Gone Sour". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "JCD let loose terror on DU campus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Shibir, Chhatra Dal clash at BL College". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sony's death anniversary observed". BDNEWS. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Tragedy of Student Politics". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "JCD men attack Chhatra Sangram Parishad activists on DU campus". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "150 JCD men sued for violence, vandalism". The Daily Star. 22 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "Jhenidah Chhatra Dal leader sent to jail". The Daily Star. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "JCD men fight at DU". The Daily Star. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "Dhaka College JCD men ransack central office". The Daily Star. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Chhatra Dal cadre Pasha arrested". The Daily Star. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  17. ↑ "JCD men vandalise 17 vehicles in capital". The Daily Star. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "JCD men clash over celebration". The Daily Star. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  19. ↑ "2 killed on last day of blockade". The Daily Star. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "Aggrieved JCD men postpone agitation following assurance". The Daily Star. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  21. ↑ "'Bomb-maker' JCD leader hurt in city". The Daily Star. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  22. ↑ "JCD president, 5 others sent to jail". The Daily Star. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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