M. A. Awal | |
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এম এ আউয়াল | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 29 January 2014 –29 October 2018 | |
Preceded by | Nazim Uddin Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Anwar Hossain Khan |
Constituency | Lakshmipur-1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Lakshmipur,East Pakistan | 16 March 1968
Political party | Trinomool BNP |
Other political affiliations | Bangladesh Tarikat Federation (2014-2018) |
M A Awal (born 16 March 1968) [1] is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the chairman of the Islami Ganatantrik Party. Earlier he served as the secretary general of the Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-1 constituency from 2014 to 2018. [2]
Awal was born on 16 March 1968. He completed his master's degree in social science. [1]
Awal was elected to the parliament on 5 January 2014 from the Lakshmipur-1 constituency as a Bangladesh Tarikat Federation candidate. [3] On 17 April 2018,he was removed from the post of Secretary General of the party. [4] On 16 September 2018,he led the same party in joining the Islamic Democratic Alliance,an alliance of Islamist parties that supported the Awami League-led government. [5]
On 20 May 2021,the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Awal on suspicion of being involved in killing Shahinuddin,a trader in the Pallabi neighborhood of Dhaka,over a land dispute. [6] [7] The police found evidence of a phone call to Awal which recorded the assailant saying "Sir Finish". [8] After a year and a half of investigation,the Police Bureau of Investigation submitted a probe report in September 2023. [9]
In September 2023,Awal formed a coalition of fifteen parties,Progotishil Islami Jot,which would participate at the 2024 Bangladeshi general election. [9] He is the chairman of this coalition,which includes the Islamic Democratic Party,Nezame Islam Bangladesh,Bangladesh Public Freedom League,Bangladesh Tarikat Front,Bangladesh Nationalist Janata Party,Islamic Liberal Party,and Bangladesh Islamic Democratic League. [10]
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