Salah Uddin Ahmed
Salah Uddin Ahmed | |
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সালাহ উদ্দিন আহমেদ | |
Member of Parliament for Cox’sBazar-1 | |
In office 5 june 1996 – 27 october 2006 | |
Preceded by | enamul haque manju |
Succeeded by | hasina ahmed |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Salah Uddin Ahmed is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Cox’s bazar-1 constituency during 1996-2006 he was also the state minister of posts,telecommunication and information technology his wife hasina ahmed was also a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from 2008-2014. He also known as Aps Salahuddin because he was the Aps of former prime minister Khaleda Zia
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Career
Ahmed was elected to parliament from Dhaka-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991 and 2001.[2] In 2018, he was nominated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Dhaka-4 constituency. He was attacked and injured in the polling station when he went to vote.[3][4]
During his term, he was beaten up by the local people of Dhaka-4 and was rushed to an nearby hospital and earned himself the nickname "dhor Salahuddin" after an incident where he allegedly cut off the water supply and then proceeded to strike two women who were protesting against him. He illegally had taken over a college in Syedabad and had it renamed after himself however he later backed out due to pressure from a notable political figure. August 2015, Wari police station filed a chargesheet against 34 people including Ahmed alleging the group set a passenger bus on fire by a petrol bomb and some vehicles were vandalized in front of Gulistan Toll Plaza of Mayor Hanif Flyover in January 2015. Ahmed had become fugitive since then. Upon his surrender to court in February 2021, he was denied bail and then sent to jail.[5]
References
- ^ "List of 8th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Dhaka-4 BNP candidate Salahuddin comes under 'attack'". banglanews24.com. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Dhaka-4 BNP candidate Salahuddin 'assaulted'". The Daily Star. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Former BNP MP Salahuddin jailed". New Age. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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