NCP leader Nilima Dola resigns

Syeda Nilima Dola, a central member of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and its Faridpur regional coordinator, has resigned from the party.

She announced her resignation in a Facebook post and formally submitted it to the NCP Convener Nahid Islam on Saturday afternoon.

In her resignation letter, Dola said she had remained with the NCP after the July uprising with the expectation that the party would work towards state reform, but “it has ultimately turned into a patron of right-wing forces.”

Bringing allegations of deception against the party, she said, “The election-oriented alliance between NCP and Jamaat is not a strategic one. If it were strategic, so many leaders and activists would not have resigned. This alliance was formed by misleading grassroots leaders and workers. Under the pretext of nominations, the NCP has committed blatant betrayal.”

Dola also said the public trust and confidence that people once had in the NCP have been ‘shattered’, adding that the party has failed to live up to public expectations. She warned that the NCP would face the people’s response in the difficult days ahead.