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History

Jatiya Party leader

had suspended

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in 2013, for participation in a Hefazat-e-Islam rally in

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. A few hours later, Ahmed tried to expel Ershad from the Jatiya Party, after which he formed his own faction of Jatiya Party. Ahmed criticised Ershad for Jatiya Party's partition at the Awami League-facilitated 2014 Bangladeshi general elections. Golam Moshi joined the Kazi Zafar faction of Jatiya Party. On 20 December 2013, Ahmed was elected as chairman of the party. On 25 January 2014, the faction joined the

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-led

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. After Ahmed's death in August 2015, TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury and Mostafa Jamal Haider were appointed the chairman and general-secretary respectively. After Chowdhury's death in December 2018, Haider became the new chairman.

References

Political parties in Bangladesh {{Bangladeshi political parties