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	Jatiya Party (Ershad) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jatiya Party (Ershad) (National Party (Ershad)) is a political party in Bangladesh.
		It is a faction of the original Jatiya Party, that was founded by the military dictator Hossain Mohammad Ershad.
		Currently the Jatiya Party (Ershad) is the fourth largest party in Parliament; with 14 seats out of 300 available; and got a 7.5% share of the vote at the 2001 general election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Ershad) (129 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Jatiya Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jatiya Party a political party established by President hussain muhammad ershad on 1 January 1986.
		A new political party styled as Jatiya Party was formally launched on 1 January 1986 with Hussain Muhammad Ershad as its chairman.
		The Jatiya Party emerged as the third force by securuing 35 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad in the elections held on 27 February 1991.
	banglapedia.net /HT/J_0074.HTM (691 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> Jatiya Party calls strike to protest Ershad verdict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dhaka: As former Bangladesh military dictator Hussain Mohammed Ershad prepared for a stint in prison, his Jatiya Party (JP) called a strike in the former general's pocket borough to protest the High Court verdict sentencing him to a five-year jail term.
		Ershad was elected from the district to Parliament in both the 1991 and 1996 general elections, which he contested from prison.
		Ershad was sentenced to five years' simple imprisonment, divested of his Parliament membership and asked to pay a fine of about $1 million on charges of corruption by a two-judge division bench of the Bangladesh High Court.
	news.indiainfo.com /2000/08/25/ershad2.html (512 words)

	Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Jatiya Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Another epoch-making measure that Ershad and his government took was the decentralisation of 6 benches of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to the Divisional Headquarters of the country.
		Ershad and his government handled the situation in a manner that created a history in the country's disaster management of relief operations and rehabilitation.
		President Ershad is remembered by the people with gratitude and lives in the hearts of his countrymen who in one voice agree that in terms of the country's development and welfare works Bangladesh has seen the most efficient and able leader in him and therefore they would like to see him back in power again.
	www.plusbangla.com /ershad.htm (772 words)

	Ex-president gives up lover for his party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ershad seized power in a bloodless coup in 1982 and ruled for eight years until he was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising.
		Ershad's wife and mistress both are members of his Jatiya Party, which is part of the governing coalition.
		Ershad said he called Mosharraf, who heads the party's wing for women, and asked her to stay away from politics for now.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/97/04/11/a-presidential-affair.3-0.html (245 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 131 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jatiya Party will go to power in the coming general election by the grace of God because they are fed up with the two major parties, he said at two public meetings here Saturday night.
		Ershad said the Jatiya Party government had set up many mills in the country, but many of those have been closed or have become sick in the last 14 years due to corruption.
		Ershad accompanied by party leaders former minister ABM Rhul Amin Hawlader, Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Amjad Hossain, Shafiul Alam Prodhan, Shawkat Hossain Nilu and a large number of party men.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/10/04/d41004070670.htm (308 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> Ershad sentenced to five years' jail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Legal experts said Ershad was entitled to appeal against the verdict, which had automatically scrapped his Parliament membership and barred him from contesting elections for five years from the date of his release from jail.
		The main charge in the case is that Ershad built the Janata Tower at a cost that was beyond his known sources of income.
		Ershad was ousted from office in a mass upsurge on Dec. 6, 1990 and was placed under arrest by the then caretaker government.
	news.indiainfo.com /2000/08/25/ershad.html (644 words)

	Jatiya Party (Bangladesh)Website
		Therefore, Jatiya Party has taken a stand that it will not participate in the Upo Zila elections unless it is held under a Caretaker Government which alone can ensure the impartiality of the elections.
		Ershad completed the Memorial to honour the millions of freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of the country.
		Ershad also planned and completed the Independence Memorial at Mujib Nagar where the first government of Bangladesh was declared during the war of liberation.
	www.banglanews.com /jatiya-party/rightframe.html (2525 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Ex-Bangladesh ruler's wife bailed
		Bidisha Ershad was arrested earlier this month at her husband's Dhaka flat after Gen Ershad accused her of stealing and threatening his life.
		Bidisha Ershad, who was granted bail on all four cases, refused to comment as she was released.
		According to party insiders, the government had put pressure on Gen Ershad because his wife was leading a faction that favoured forming an alliance with the main opposition Awami League.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/south_asia/4627707.stm (335 words)

	Politics News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ershad Jatiya Party faces a serious crisis as one of its front ranking leaders Shafiul Alam Pradhan has decided to float another JP fragmenting it again and delivering a hard blow to the political standing of former President HM Ershad.
		Deeply frustrated over Ershad’s ambivalence and political indecision on important issues, and frequently shifting stand, a number of Ershad JP stalwarts are reported to have decided to quit the former president and join the fourth JP under Prodhan’s leadership.
		Ershad is under tremendous pressure from two opposite lobbies to take a stand on national politics, especially about joining with the ruling alliance or with the opposition.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jan/07/07012006pl.htm (1703 words)

	Gulfnews: Ershad says his party will be deciding factor
		H.M. Ershad, chairman of one of the three Jatiya Party factions, has claimed that both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia will have to beg for his support to form the next government.
		Ershad expects his party to bag all the 22 seats in greater Rangpur districts and if it does, "no one can ignore it".
		Ershad said he had learnt a lesson from his party's alliance with the two major political parties.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/01/08/08/24037.html (271 words)

	The Hindu : International : "Ershad's wife a victim of political intrigue"
		Ershad, a member of the Jatiya Party's presidium, was under pressure either to leave the country.
		Ershad sued his wife under pressure from the Government, which had earlier forced him to expel her from the party.
		Ershad, however, said her husband's signature on the complaint was forged.
	www.hindu.com /2005/06/06/stories/2005060600911600.htm (375 words)

	Ershad Regime - History - Bangladesh - Asia
		The Jatiya Dal won a comfortable parliamentary majority, and Ershad proceeded with plans for a presidential election in October.
		Opposition parties, including the Awami League, boycotted the election, declaring it a sham as long as martial law remained in effect.
		In consequence, the Jatiya Party (formerly the Jatiya Dal) won a landslide victory.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/bangladesh/history/ershad_regime.htm (399 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jatiya Party Chairman and former President Hussain Muham-mad Ershad on Sunday called for forging national unity to foil the conspiracy being hatched to turn the country into a `failed state', says BSS.
		Ershad said that the blue print to destroy the future of the nation by spreading terrorism in a planned manner should be foiled at any cost, a party Press release said.
		Party Secretary General ABM Ruhul Amin Hawladar, presidium member Shafiul Alam Pradhan, joint organising secretary Khandakar Lutfar Rahman, convener of Sainik party Nizam Uddin and editor of `Chandni', a daily from Bogra were, among others, present on the occasion.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/09/20/national.htm (873 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opposition parties, including the Awami League, former President H. Ershad's Jatiya Party, and the Jamaat Islami, are represented in Parliament and play an active role in the political process.
		Jatiya Party members who attempted to hold marches in Dhaka were forcibly prevented from doing so by the police.
		After the fall of the Ershad regime, the former President (currently imprisoned) and some of his family, as well as several senior members of his regime and political party (Jatiya Party), were prevented from leaving the country, and their passports were seized.
	archive.cpsr.net /cpsr/privacy/privacy_international/country_reports/1993_us_state_dept_human_rights_guide/banglade.txt (9600 words)

	Top Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Jatiya Party (Ershad), which attended yesterday’s meeting was resentful of the fact that they had been invited along with minor parties although JP was one of the mainstream political parties of the country.
		The little known "letter head" only parties which were present at yesterday’s meeting also appeared to be nonchalant and their contribution was of little interest to the overall election process.
		Jatiya Party (Ershad) presidium member Kazi Zafar Ahmed and Secretary General Ruhul Amin Howlader attended the meeting as the representatives of their party.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jul/28/28072005ts.htm (673 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		Mr Ershad, who was to be released on February 28 after paying half of the amount fined in the Janata tower case, was however, detained under the Special Powers Act.
		Jatiya Party (Ershad) is a major ally of the four-party alliance, which is demanding resignation of the Shiekh Hasina Government.
		In a related development, the United National Party said whatever agreement is reached between the Government and the LTTE, it should have a national consensus, failing which it would not be a durable solution.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01apr10/inter.htm (2680 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Bangladesh bars ex-president from leaving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ershad, head of the country's second largest opposition Jatiya Party, blasted the government.
		Ershad said he and his wife wanted to spend a week of holiday in the island nation of the Maldives.
		Ershad was ousted by a pro-democracy campaign in 1990, eight years after he seized power in a bloodless military coup.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/02/06/bangladesh_bars_ex_president_from_leaving (281 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Ershad's own Jatiya Party, which came in third with 30 seats, helped shore up Hasina's government by declaring its support in writing.
		But Jatiya's support is still important for Hasina to show that her government reflects a countrywide consensus.
		Ershad defends his support for Hasina against BNP accusations that the government is a thinly disguised coalition.
	www.pathfinder.com /Asiaweek/96/0726/nat5.html (847 words)

	Daily Excelsior... World
		The Jatiya Party led by H M Ershad is headed for another split due to the internal bickerrings within the party over its decision to take part in parliamentary proceedings.
		The secretary general of the party general Naziur Rahman Manzur was sacked for his open stand against the party’s decision to return to parliament by Mr Ershad, former president and chairman of Jatiya Party and presidium member Abm Shajahan was made the acting secretary general of the party yesterday.
		Ershad expressed dismay at opposition’s ultimatum to the Government, saying it is a matter of hardly three weeks as the Prime Minister has already announced to quit power after April 17.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01mar25/inter.htm (3708 words)

	DAWN - Features; 06 November, 2004
		Through the event has been manifested a serious tragedy of the country's political culture, which allows the party supremos to run the organizations as if these were their feudal family estates, and endorses the supremos to behave like private owners of those estates called political parties.
		Hypocrite is really an understatement to describe any party supremo, especially when an individual talks about the growth of democratic institutions in the country, and that too under his or her leadership.
		The erstwhile leaders of the conflict-torn parties, especially in the absence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman, required political gimmicks for survival, while Hasina, daughter of Mujibur Rahman, and Khaleda, widow of Ziaur Rahman, successfully saved the parties.
	www.dawn.com /2004/11/06/fea.htm (898 words)

	::. News Network .::
		Bidisha Ershad, sacked Jatiya Party (JP) presidium member and wife of JP Chairman HM Ershad, was arrested at their Baridhara house yesterday after the former president charged her with stealing a cellphone set and embezzlement.
		Sources close to Ershad said he is now preparing to end the four-year marriage with his second wife.
		Sources, however, said Ershad sued Bidisha under pressure from the government high-ups who earlier forced the JP chief to expel her from the party.
	www.newsnetwork-bd.com /UI/Public/NewsDetail.php?LogID=5675 (699 words)

	Jatiya Party History Summary
		The Jatiya Party (JP, but Jatiya Dal in its original form) was founded in 1983 as a vehicle for the Bangladesh leader Hussain Muhammad Ershad (b.
		It attracted some members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who were willing to work with Ershad to maintain their political influence, as well as a few from the Awami League for the same reason.
		Ershad called a parliamentary election in 1986 in which the JP won a slight majority over the Awami League, thereby dispelling claims that the election was fixed.
	www.bookrags.com /history/worldhistory/jatiya-party-ema-03 (257 words)

	National
		The Jatiya Party chairman, Hussein Muhammad Ershad, on Monday called upon the ruling and the main opposition parties to sit for a dialogue to resolve the current political crisis.
		Ershad opened the council session in the morning hoisting the national and the party flags and ritually releasing white pigeons and colourful balloons.
		Bidisha Ershad, a presidium member of the party and second wife of Ershad, was conspicuous by her absence.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/mar/01/nat.html (2534 words)

	Local News on Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jatiya Party Chairman and former president HM Ershad addresses a grand rally of the party at Paltan Maidan in the city yesterday.
		Former president and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday called for a greater unity of people and political parties to free the nation from the misrule of the government.
		If his party returns to power, Ershad said, corruption and crimes would be rooted out within three months, the Upazila system would be reintroduced and the closed mills and factories would be reopened.
	sdnbd.org /sdi/news/general-news/January-2004/18-01-2004/Political.htm (308 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ershad-led Jatiya Party announce a month long programme, including road march, against the “well-designed terrorist acts” in the country, reports UNB.
		The Jatiya Party presidium in a meeting called the terrorists “number one enemy” of the nation out to destroy the country’s image.
		Party chairman HM Ershad presided over the meeting that adopted the month-long programme, said a JP press release.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/09/06/city.htm (1336 words)

	Election 2007 - Bangladesh Strategic & Development Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Aware of the AL initiatives, BNP insiders say, the party is keeping a close watch on other parties, particularly the Jatiya Party of HM Ershad and the Islamist groups, with a view to either winning their support or, at the least, making sure that they do not side with the Awami League.
		Now, the party is more intent on forging relations with the Jatiya Party of HM Ershad, which has a strong support-base in the north.
		Party sources also confirmed that the party was trying to form an alliance with the Ershad-led Jatiya Party targeting the next elections.
	www.bdsdf.com /index.php?showtopic=2764&st=30 (2556 words)

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