Shahina Islam Mukti, daughter of former BNP lawmaker and freedom fighter Sirajul Islam, has been appointed acting convener of the National Citizen Party’s (NCP) Narayanganj metropolitan unit.

The appointment was announced in a press release signed by NCP central office secretary Sadia Farzana on Thursday.

Mukti replaces Shawkat Ali, who has been appointed joint organising secretary (Dhaka North) of the party’s central committee. His elevation left the metropolitan convener’s post vacant.

Mukti had been serving as senior joint convener of the metropolitan committee since its formation in March.

Her father, the late Sirajul Islam, represented Narayanganj-4 in parliament as a BNP lawmaker. A freedom fighter, he was also the founding general secretary of the BNP’s Narayanganj district unit.

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