Fazle Hossain Badsha
Fazle Hossain Badsha | |
|---|---|
ফজলে হোসেন বাদশা | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 6 January 2009 – 10 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mizanur Rahman Minu |
| Succeeded by | Shafiqur Rahman Badsha |
| Constituency | Rajshahi-2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1952 (age 72) Rajshahi, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Political party | Workers Party of Bangladesh |
| Education | M.A, L.L.B[1] |
| Profession | Lawyer, businessman |
Khandaker Fazle Hossain Badsha (born 15 October 1952), commonly known as Fazle Hossain Badsha or simply Fazle Badsha is a Bangladeshi politician. He has served three terms as a member of the Jatiyo Sangshad since 2008, representing Rajshahi-2 for the Workers Party of Bangladesh.[2] [3]
Career
[edit]Badsha is a lawyer by profession.
Basha was first elected to parliament in 2008 using the boat symbol of the Awami League from Rajshahi-2.[4] He received 116, 599 votes while his closest opponent, Mizanur Rahman Minu of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 89,050 votes.[5]
Badsha was re-elected in the 2014 general election unopposed after opposition parties, including the main Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the election and withdrew their candidates.[6]
Badsha was re-elected in 2018 general election as a candidate of the Workers Party of Bangladesh and with the electoral symbol of the Awami League.[7] He received 115,453 while his nearest rival, Mizanur Rahman Minu of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 103,327 votes.[7]
Badsha contested the January 2024 election as a candidate of the 14-party alliance led by Awami League, which includes the Workers Party of Bangladesh, but lost to independent candidate and Awami League politician Shafiqur Rahman Badsha.[8][9] He lost to the vice president of Rajshahi City Awami League and school teacher, Shafiqur Rahman, who enjoyed the support of local Awami League activists.[9][10] He alleged the vote was rigged in favor of his opponents.[8] He received 31,466 votes while his opponent received 54,906 votes.[4] He was the chairperson the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indigenous and Minority Affairs.[11]
After the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Badsha campaigned for the release of detained Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and Rajshahi City councilor, Nuruzzaman Khan, who was detained in a sabotage case in the crackdown following the movement.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Constituency 53 11th". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Constituency 53 10th". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ^ "AL independent candidate Shafiqur wins unofficially by defeating WP's Badsha". New Age. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Rajshahi-2: Three-time MP Fazle Hasan Badsha loses to independent candidate Shafikur". The Business Standard. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online". 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Rajshahi-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Fazle Hossain Badsha raises allegations of irregularities". The Daily Star. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b Ali, Anwar (23 December 2023). "The battle of two Badshas". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "14-party alliance devastated as Inu, Badsha, Manju lost in polls". Prothomalo. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Sarwar (28 August 2019). "'Anti-Discrimination Act' needed to secure rights of indigenous, dalit and other marginalised communities". Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Fazle Hossain Badsha raises allegations of irregularities". The Daily Star. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.