Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | |
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আলী নেওয়াজ মাহমুদ খৈয়াম | |
Member of Parliament for Rajbari-1 | |
In office 28 October 22001 –27 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Kazi Keramat Ali |
Succeeded by | Kazi Keramat Ali |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajbari-1 constituency.
Khaiyam was elected to parliament from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. [1] He received 95,266 votes while his nearest rival Kazi Keramat Ali of Awami League received 85,057 votes. [2] He is the President of the Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [3]
Khaiyam supported Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan,General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,against Khaleda Zia,Chairperson of the Party,and backed the fraction in favor of reforms during the caretaker government rule. [4] In November 2007,a contractor filed an extortion case against Khaiyam at the Tejgaon Police Station in which he alleged Khaiyam demanded 2 million taka from him for a contract to work on Daulatdia Ferry Ghat. [5] He was arrested from Kakrail in Dhaka. [5] On 15 November 2007,he was sent to jail from detention. [6]
Khaiyam lost the election from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2008 and received 83,933 votes. [7]
Khaiyam was the President of Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2014. [8] He boycotted the national election that year as per the decision of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [9]
Khaiyam received the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nomination for the 11th parliamentary election from Rajbari-1 for in 2018. [10] He lost the election with 33,000 votes while Kazi Keramat Ali of Awami League won with 238,914 votes. [11]
Khaiyam led a protest in Rajbari District against inflation in March 2022. [12] He protested the arrest of Sonia Akter Sriti,a Mohila Dal leader,on a Digital Security Act for posting derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [13] [14]
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