Bangladesh's student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) is facing internal divisions over its decision to form an electoral alliance with the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of the February elections. At least 30 NCP leaders have protested the move, citing Jamaat's controversial past, including its role in the 1971 Liberation War. Several prominent figures have resigned, with some calling the alliance a betrayal of the party's founding ideals. NCP leaders defend the partnership as a pragmatic, electoral strategy for greater unity in a fragmented political landscape.