Rashed Khan Menon

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Rashed Khan Menon
রাশেদ খান মেনন
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Menon in 2020
Member of Parliament
for Dhaka-8
Assumed office
25 January 2009
Relatives
Alma mater University of Dhaka
OccupationPolitician

Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943) [3] is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) from Barisal-2 at the 2014 general elections. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education. [4] [5] Earlier, he served as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism. [6]

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Early life

Menon was born in Faridpur. He studied at Dhaka Collegiate School, finish in 1958. In 1960, he passed intermediate in arts group from Dhaka College. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1963 with a degree in economics. In 1964, he received his master's degree. [3]

In the late 1960s, Menon was president of the East Pakistan Students Union faction linked to the National Awami Party of Maulana Bhasani. However, he differed with Maulana Bhasani when the latter accepted participation in elections in January 1970. Menon's East Pakistan Student Union launched a campaign against elections, stating that they would be merely a facade of democracy, that fair elections could not be held under martial law and that the situation was ripe for revolution. [7] He built a revolutionary Maoist organisation along with Kazi Zafar Ahmed. The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union. [8]

Menon contested the 1973 Bangladeshi parliamentary election as a NAP (Bhasani) candidate. He did not win any seat, and afterward he complained that the Awami League government had used unfair methods to win the election. [9]

Career

Menon at an opposition rally in Dhaka, 2005 Rashidkhanmenon (67).JPG
Menon at an opposition rally in Dhaka, 2005

Menon was elected to parliament in 1979. In 1990, he played a leading role in the mass struggle that toppled the Hossain Mohammad Ershad regime. In 1991, he was again elected to parliament. [3] In 1991, he, as a Workers Party of Bangladesh parliamentarian, submitted four demands for constitutional amendments in the parliament. These demands and others were submitted to a 15-member constitutional review committee, in which he was included. After 29 meetings, the committee submitted a unanimous report to the parliament. [10]

On 17 August 1992, Menon survived a violent near-fatal attack. Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Workers Party office, injuring Menon.

Family

Menon's father, Abdul Jabbar Khan, hailed from Khudrakathi village, in Babuganj Upazila, Barisal. [3] Menon is closely related to several prominent Bangladeshi personalities. His father was the speaker of the Pakistani National Assembly. His siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, architect Sultan M. Khan, Alan Khan, a photographer in Sydney, poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah, former minister Selima Rahman, journalist and ambassador to Burma A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan and the publisher of New Age Shahidullah Khan Badal. [11]

Menon is married to Lutfun Nessa Khan. [3] She is elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member at the 11th Parliament from the reserved women's seat-48 representing the Workers Party of Bangladesh. [12] [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "List of 2nd Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rashed Khan Menon steps into 65". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
  4. ↑ "Menon for edn system without discrimination". The Daily Star. BSS. 11 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle". The Daily Star. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Hawkers greet Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29.
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