Following the unit's inauguration ceremony, a views-exchange meeting was held at the organisation's new Chittagong office on Ashraf Ali Road at Patharghata. The party was floated earlier this month.

NPP Convener Shawkat Hossain Nilu at the meeting observed that the state of emergency should continue until the next parliamentary elections are held. The ban on indoor politics could be lifted before the elections, he added.

When asked about the NPP's activities during a time when there is a ban on political activities, Nilu quoted Law Adviser Mainul Hosein that there was no bar to doing something good.

Hailing the caretaker government for allowing this sort of activities, he said he was doing the same as BNP Secretary General Mannan Bhuiyan and LDP chief Badruddoza Chowdhury are doing.

Shawkat Hossain Nilu who started his political career with BNP, formed PNP in 1984. He joined Jatiya Party afterwards and disengaged later on to form his own Jatiya Party (Nilu).

When asked why float a new party as he failed repeatedly in the past, Nilu said he hoped to succeed in doing something good this time as there is a congenial atmosphere which did not prevail earlier.

NPP Chittagong Convener Engineer Enamul Haq Enam and central leaders Baharul Alam and SM Abul Bashar were present at the meeting. The meeting, however, saw poor turnout and participation.