Panchanan Biswas | |
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পঞ্চানন বিশ্বাস | |
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Khulna-1 | |
Assumed office January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Nani Gopal Mandol |
In office September 1996 –October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Prafulla Kumar Mandal |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 October 1943 |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Panchanan Biswas is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-1 constituency since 2014. He is one of the few Hindu Members of parliament in Bangladesh. [1]
Biswas was elected to parliament in 1996 by elections from Khulna-1 as candidate of Bangladesh Awami League candidate. [2] The seat was won in the 1996 general election by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [3] In parliament he questioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 1998,if the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace treaty had curbed the rights of Bengali People living there. [4] He was reelected in 2001 from Khulna-1. [3]
In 2008,Biswas lost the Bangladesh Awami League nomination from Khulna-1 to Nani Gopal Mandol. [2] He tried to participate in the Khulna-1 election in 2008 as an independent candidate but withdrew his candidacy on 12 December 2008 before the election. [5] He was elected to Parliament in 2014 on a Bangladesh Awami League nomination from Khulna-1. [6] He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts. [7]
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