‘I won’t resign, though NCP deviated from founding goal’: Samantha

National Citizen Party (NCP) has deviated from its original political objective by joining an alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, but there is no justification for her to resign from the party, said NCP Senior Joint Convener Samantha Sharmin on Sunday evening.

In a Facebook post, Samantha said she learned from Jamaat’s press conference that the NCP had formally joined the Jamaat-led alliance of like-minded parties.

Samantha said such a move was not supposed to happen, citing the statement made by alliance spokesperson and NCP Convener Nahid Islam on the day the Democratic Reform Alliance — comprising three parties — was launched.

Referring to the alliance formed on December 7 with NCP, Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) and Bangladesh Rashtro Songskar Andolan, Samantha said the Rashtro Songskar Andolan has already accused the NCP of breaching the agreement.

“Such a position undermines the initiative to build a third political force and damages the NCP’s mainstream political course. The Rashtro Songskar Andolan has alleged that NCP violated the agreement. The party even moved towards seat-sharing without formally informing the alliance,” she writes.

Stating that the NCP has strayed from its core objective, Samantha alleged that “some individuals within the party deviated from its founding aspiration in exchange for a few parliamentary seats at 5:30pm on December 28, 2025.”

Despite her strong criticism, Samantha said, she would not resign from the party.

“I see no justification for resigning, as I formally subscribe to all the official narratives of the NCP. Even if some individuals have deviated, as a party NCP remained in the right position,” she wrote.

Earlier in the afternoon, Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman announced that the NCP and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had officially joined the Jamaat-led alliance of eight like-minded parties.

He, however, said no final decision has yet been taken regarding seat-sharing.

No NCP representative was present at the Jamaat alliance’s press conference.

Later, NCP’s media cell said the party would hold a press conference later at night to formally announce its decision to join the Jamaat-led alliance.