Jatiya Jubo Shakti

Ideological predecessor: Gonotantrik Chhatra Shakti

Several of the NCP's founding leaders were active members of Gonotantrik Chhatra Shakti, a student organisation formed on 2 October 2023 from a faction of the Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad — the group that had led the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Gonotantrik Chhatra Shakti played a significant role in the Students Against Discrimination movements that ultimately led to the fall of the Awami League government. Its activities were suspended on 14 September 2024, shortly after the uprising's success. NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary acknowledged at the Jatiya Jubo Shakti founding ceremony that Gonotantrik Chhatra Shakti was the organisational forerunner of the NCP's broader mobilisation effort, and that the Shaheed Abrar Study Circle similarly contributed to the intellectual foundations of the movement.^[8][3]

Pre-launch announcement (13 May 2025)

On 13 May 2025, NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary announced at a press conference at the party's Banglamotor office that a youth wing would be launched on 16 May 2025. He described the forthcoming organisation as one that would position itself as a principled alternative to traditional youth wings marked by extortion and factional coercion. NCP Joint Chief Coordinator Advocate Tarikul Islam stated at the same press conference that the NCP was committed to organising Bangladesh's youth around their real problems and potential.^[9][6]

Launch ceremony (16 May 2025)

Jatiya Jubo Shakti was formally inaugurated on the afternoon of 16 May 2025 at Shaheed Abrar Fahad Avenue in Gulistan, Dhaka — a location of symbolic significance, as it stands in front of the former central office of the Awami League, which had been banned by interim government. The ceremony commenced with a recitation from the Quran and the national anthem, and featured documentary footage from the July Uprising. Supporters and activists arrived in processions from across the country, chanting slogans and carrying banners.^[8][4]

NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary formally announced the founding leadership: Advocate Md. Tarikul Islam as Convener, Dr. Jahedul Islam as Member Secretary, and Engineer Forhad Sohel as Chief Organiser. The remaining members of the 131-member convening committee, with representatives drawn from all 64 Districts of Bangladesh, were announced by Member Secretary Jahedul Islam. Tuhin Mahmud was named Senior Joint Convener, while Dyuti Aranya Chowdhury and Nahida Bushra were appointed Senior Joint Member Secretaries.^[10][11][12]

NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossen emphasised the need to ideologically expel Awami League politics from Bangladesh, and Joint Chief Coordinator Abdul Hannan Masud stated that Jatiya Jubo Shakti would introduce a new dimension to politics through youth empowerment, training, and social mobilisation, rather than operating as a coercive political apparatus as conventional youth wings had.^[8]

Founding declaration

At the launch ceremony, Convener Tarikul Islam read aloud the organisation's founding declaration, titled "Towards a Dignified Bangladesh and New Order: The Youth's Conviction". The declaration situates Jatiya Jubo Shakti within a long arc of national struggle — from the anti-colonial movement of 1947 and the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, to the July Uprising of 2024. It calls for a new republic built on citizen dignity, communal harmony, gender equality, youth representation, democratic accountability, and the Bangladeshpontha: a sovereign state concept grounded in the nation's history, geography, culture, and people's struggles.^[13][14]

The declaration identifies the organisation as self-styled members of Youth Generation 4.0 — digitally adept, morally grounded, and committed to a Politics 4.0 framework that supersedes the clientelist and coercive models of the past. It states,

Jubo Shakti will ensure that youth have representation and rightful participation in state and politics. The parliament of the future and the Bangladesh of tomorrow will belong to the youth and the new generation.^[14]

Convening committee phase (May – December 2025)

Following its founding, Jatiya Jubo Shakti operated under a 131-member convening committee that was subsequently expanded to 134 members. The organisation moved rapidly to build its presence at the district and upazila levels, approving committees across Bangladesh under the authority of the central troika of Convener Tarikul Islam, Member Secretary Jahedul Islam, and Chief Organiser Forhad Sohel.^[7][15]

National Representative Conference (9 December 2025)

On 9 December 2025, Jatiya Jubo Shakti organised its "National Representative Conference-2025" at the Shaheed Abu Sayed International Convention Centre in Shahbagh, Dhaka — the organisation's first major national gathering since its founding. NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain delivered the keynote address, criticising the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami for prioritising electoral power acquisition over substantive state reforms. He called on Jatiya Jubo Shakti's leaders to carry the message of a new politics to every corner of Bangladesh and cautioned that the youth who had taken to the streets in 2024 could not be misled again by fear or temptation.^[16][17]

First Council and transition to full committee (25 April 2026)

On 25 April 2026, a coordination meeting of Jatiya Jubo Shakti was convened at Rupayan Trade Centre, Banglamotor, Dhaka, at which the organisation's first partial central committee was formally announced, superseding the founding convening committee. The announcement was communicated through an official notification signed by NCP Joint Member Secretary (Office) Saleh Uddin Sifat.^[1][18]

In keeping with the organisation's internal conventions, under which the Convener of the founding committee assumes the presidency and the Chief Organiser assumes the secretary-generalship upon the first council, Advocate Tarikul Islam was confirmed as "President" and Engineer Forhad Sohel as "General Secretary". Rifat Rashid — a figure previously associated with Jatiya Chhatra Shakti was appointed "Chief Organiser" of the new committee. The former Member Secretary Dr. Jahedul Islam departed from the organisation prior to the council and was not included in the new committee.^[1][5][19]

Status within the National Citizen Party

Jatiya Jubo Shakti is listed as an affiliated organisation of the National Citizen Party. The NCP has developed a structured network of wings spanning professional, demographic, and sectoral lines: Jatiya Chhatra Shakti (students), Jatiya Sramik Shakti (workers, launched 17 October 2025), Jatiya Nari Shakti (women, launched 8 March 2026), Jatiya Jubo Shakti (youth), and planned formations including Jatiya Krishak Shakti (farmers) and Jatiya Swechchhasebak Shakti (volunteers).^[7][15]

Stated objectives

According to its founding declaration and official website, the principal objectives of Jatiya Jubo Shakti are:^[14][13]

• To mobilise Bangladesh's youth — constituting over 40% of the population — as a force for principled political change.
• To ensure meaningful youth representation in national policymaking, parliamentary processes, and state decision-making.
• To establish a merit-based, corruption-free political culture distinct from the patronage and coercion of traditional youth wings.
• To promote economic empowerment of youth through access to employment, credit systems, entrepreneurship, and technology.
• To advance democratic governance, judicial independence, local government empowerment, and digital accountability.
• To uphold communal harmony, gender equality, and the rights of all ethnic and religious identities within Bangladesh.
• To carry forward the spirit of the July Uprising and the Bangladesh Doctrine as the guiding political philosophy of the organisation.

Founding convening committee (16 May 2025)

Post-first-council central committee (from 25 April 2026)

List of presidents

List of secretaries