National Democratic Movement জাতীয়তাবাদী গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলন | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | NDM |
| Leader | Bobby Hajjaj |
| Founder | Bobby Hajjaj |
| Founded | 24 April 2017 |
| Student wing | Nationalist Democratic Student Movement |
| Political position | Center to Center-right |
| National affiliation | Gano Oikya |
| Election symbol | |
| Lion | |
The Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) (Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদী গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলন- এনডিএম) is a political party in Bangladesh. It was officially launched on 24 April 2017.[1] It identifies as centrist. The party has got registration from the Election Commission of Bangladesh. The symbol of the party is Lion.[2][3][4]
Nationalist Democratic Movement – NDM has its origins in the ShopnerDesh movement started by party founder and Chairman, Bobby Hajjaj.[5] The erosion of political values, centralization of party power, and the abeyance of democratic norms, were reasons stated by party leaders for their formation of the party. Party Chairman along with other current members of the NDM's National Executive Committee started work on launching the party at a national scale in midyear 2016 [6] and on 24 April 2017 they officially launched the party. According to party leadership NDM had the biggest launch of any political party in Bangladesh with representatives from over thirty districts convening for the official launch in Dhaka.[7][8]
The party was seeking registration from the Election Commission of Bangladesh to participate in the next General Election, likely to be held in late 2018 or early 2019. The party has got registration from the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 30 January 2019. The symbol of the party is Lion.[9][10][11][12][13]