Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah

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Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah
সেরনিয়াবাত সাদিক আবদুল্লাহ
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4th Mayor of Barisal
In office
13 November 2018 –9 November 2023
Parents
RelativesSee Sheikh–Wazed family
Known forPolitician, businessman

Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He served as mayor of the Barisal City Corporation from 2018 to 2023. [1] He is a son of Awami League politician Abul Hasanat Abdullah and grandson of Abdur Rab Serniabat. [2]

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Early life

Abdullah was born to Abul Hasanat Abdullah and Shahan Ara Abdullah in Barisal. [3] He has no formal education and identifies as self educated. [4]

Career

Abdullah was nominated by Awami League to contest the Barisal City Corporation in 2018. [4] He was the joint secretary of Barisal City unit of Awami League. [4] He skipped a meeting with voters organized by Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN). [5]

Abdullah received 107,353 votes while his nearest rival, Mazibor Rahman Sarwar of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,135 votes. [6] The election was boycotted by the candidates of Communist Party of Bangladesh and Islami Andolon Bangladesh who alleged vote rigging. [7] He was sworn in by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [8] Before the elections, hundreds of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists were detained. [9]

Abdullah was appointed General Secretary of Barisal City unit of Awami League. [10]

Three journalists of Barishal Khobor, an online portal, were detained by Bangladesh Police after they took a video of Abdullah and his family on a walk. [11] They were beaten in custody, according to locals, and charged under the Digital Security Act on 14 September 2020. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "New Barisal mayor Sadiq Abdullah sworn in". Dhaka Tribune. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah set to win Barisal city polls". Dhaka Tribune. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "MP Abul Hasanat Abdullah's wife dies". UNB. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "BNP's Sarwar wealthiest among mayoral candidates". The Daily Star. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Serniabat skips 'face to face with citizens'". The Daily Star. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sadiq Abdullah of AL bags eight times more votes than BNP's Sarwar in Barishal mayor race". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "BCC polls: Serniabat leads by huge margin". The Daily Star. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "New Barishal mayor Sadiq Abdullah sworn in". The Daily Star. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "An uneven battlefield". The Daily Star. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Awami League's Barishal city unit council held". The Daily Star. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Digital Security Act: 3 including online news portal editor sent to jail in Barishal". The Daily Star. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.


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