Career
Rashid was elected to Jatiya Sangsad from Chapai Nawabganj-3 in the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [2] He had received 77,929 votes while his nearest rival,Latifur Rahman of the Awami League,had received 47,048 votes. [2]
Rashid was re-elected in the 2001 Bangladeshi general election. [2] He had received 85,489 votes while the same rival,Latifur Rahman of the Awami League,had received 60,460 votes. [2]
Rashid contested the 2008 Bangladeshi general election from Chapai Nawabganj-3 as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate but lost to Abdul Odud of the Awami League. [3] He received 76,178 votes while the winner received 112,753 votes. [3] Latifur Rahman of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami also campaigned against him. [4]
Rashid boycotted the 2014 election as per decision of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Abdul Odud of the Awami League was elected to parliament uncontested from Chapai Nawabganj-3. [5]
Rashid was elected to parliament from Chapai Nawabganj-3 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 30 December 2018. [6] [7] He had received 133,661 votes while Abdul Odul of the Awami League and his nearest rival received 85,938 votes. [8] He took the oath of office 90 days after the mandated time following instructions of Tarique Rahman. [9] The four Bangladesh Nationalist Party members of parliament initially refused to join parliament as they had deemed the election unfair. [9]
Rashid in parliament asked the speaker to create a committee to investigate the large number of cases filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians. [10] Rashid resigned from parliament on 23 December 2022 as part of the BNP's anti-government protest. [11]
Charges and convictions
Assistant Director Monayem Hossain of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Rashid for tax fraud in March 2007 with Tejgaon police station and then pressed charge in July. [12] [13] Rashid had imported a Hummer H2 on 25 April 2005 without paying tax as per his privilege as a member of parliament but later sold the to Ishtiak Sadek,violating the rules of the duty free facility,who sold it to Enayetur Rahman Bappi. [14] [15] [16] The car,imported under duty free privilege,cannot be sold under less than years of being purchased. [15] Rapid Action Battalion-2,commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Akbar Hossain,had spotted the Hummer in Panthapath and asked the men to come to their camp where they were detained. [17]
In October 2019,Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Dhaka court sentenced Rashid to five years' imprisonment for dodging taxes while importing a luxurious car in 2007 and fined him five million taka. [12] It also sent his co-accused former managing director of NTV and Channel 9,Enayetur Rahman Bappi,to two years imprisonment. [12] [14] His other co-accused proprietor of Sky Autos,Ishtiak Sadek,sentenced to jail for three years. [12] A week later,the High Court granted him six months' bail in the case. [18]
Justices Obaidul Hassan and AKM Zahirul Huq asked the government to explain why Rashid's parliamentary membership should not be canceled due to his conviction. [19] [20]
On 9 December 2021,Justice Md Selim of Bangladesh High court upheld the verdict in the tax evasion case against Rashid after hearing his appeal. [21] The High Court commuted his sentence to time served. [22]
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