Career
Parwar was elected to parliament from the Khulna-5 constituency as a candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in 2001. [3] [4] He received 105,740 votes while his nearest rival,Narayan Chandra Chanda of the Awami League,received 101,192 votes. [5] In May 2004,he denied Jamaat had any links with Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh and Bangla Bhai. [6] This was denied after Bangla Bhai ordered his followers to spread in Khulna and Bagerhat,which are viewed as areas with strong support for Jamaat. [6]
Parwar contested the 2008 general election from Khulna-5 as a candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami but lost to Narayan Chandra Chanda of the Awami League. [7] He received 105,312,while the winning candidate received 144,600 votes. [7] Detective Branch arrested Parwar in November 2012. [8] He was arrested over a clash between supporters of Jamaat and Bangladesh Police in Motijheel. [8]
Parwar boycotted the 2014 election along with other major parties,resulting in other candidates winning the election uncontested. [9] In September 2015,he was detained again in September 2015,along with other leaders of Jamaat from Pallabi,with crude explosives. [10] He was arrested in October 2017 from Uttara along with other leaders of Jamaat,including Maqbul Ahmad and Shafiqur Rahman,by Detective Branch. [11]
Parwar contested the 2018 election from Khulna-5 as a candidate of the Jatiya Oikya Front. [12] He later announced a boycott of the election along with other Jamaat leaders,who were contesting the election using the paddy leaf symbol of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [12] [13] They had alleged the election was rigged and unfair. [12] He received 32,959 votes,while the winning candidate,Narayan Chandra Chanda of the Awami League,received 231,717 votes. [14]
In September 2021,Parwar was detained by Bangladesh Police in an anti-terrorism case from the Bashundhara Residential Area. [15] He was arrested in April 2023 in an arson case dating from November 2018. [15] He was indicted in an arson case from 2012 in August 2023. [16]
Parwar was elected as the secretary general of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in the party's 2020–2022 electoral session. [17] He attended a rally of Hindu supporters of Jamaat in Khulna in November 2024. [18]
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