Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Jamaat-e-Islami politician)

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Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Member of Parliament
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Political party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (died 6 April 2013) was a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and the former Member of Parliament from Nilphamari-3. [1] [2]

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Career

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 1996 from Nilphamari-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was reelected in 2001 from Nilphamari-3. [3] His constituency, Jaldhaka Upazila, is a stronghold of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 2008 he was expelled from Jamaat-e-Islami, [4] on charges of stealing of government corrugated iron sheets in court. [5]

Controversy

Chowdhury forced Jaldhaka College Principal Md Rahmat Ullah to resign an appointed Mozaharul Islam, a member of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. The decision was protested by the student body of the college. Md. Rahmat Ullah was reinstated as principal by the Nilphamari Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court on 26 May 2009. During his term as Member of Parliament Chwodhury had replaced more than hundred teachers and administrators in educational institutions in his constituency with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians. [6]

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References

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  2. মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সাবেক এমপি আলহাজ্ব মিজানুর রহমান চৌধুরী আর নেই. উত্তরবাংলা ডটকম (in Bengali). 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. "All Election Result". votebd.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. "Indoor politics fail to activate BNP, Jamaat men in Nilphamari as key leaders held or hiding". The Daily Star. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. "Wife alleges Jamaat discrimination". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "Rahmat Ullah back as Jaldhaka College principal". The Daily Star. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2018.