Shahjahan Chowdhury Explained

Shahjahan Chowdhury
Constituency Mp:Cox's Bazar-4
Term Start:2001
Term End:2006
Predecessor:Mohammad Ali
Successor:Abdur Rahman Bodi
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Shahjahan Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Cox's Bazar-4 constituency.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Cox's Bazar-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[1] Smuggling is a well known problem in the constituency, which encompasses Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas, both of which border Myanmar. Chowdhury is said to have been supported by "the man allegedly leading smuggling operations in Teknaf".[2] He contested the seat again in 2018, but was defeated by Shahin Akhtar, the Awami League candidate.[3] He is the president of the Cox's Bazar unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics . dead . . Vote Monitor Networks . https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002919/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=297 . 29 December 2008 . 25 October 2019.
  2. Book: Lintner, Bertil . Bertil Lintner . 2015 . Great Game East: India, China, and the Struggle for Asia's Most Volatile Frontier . Yale University Press . 167 . 978-0-300-21332-4.
  3. News: Bodi's wife Shahin Akhter wins Cox's Bazar-4 seat . bdnews24.com . 31 December 2018.
  4. News: Aziz . Abdul . 31 October 2018 . Cox's Bazar 4 constituency: Surplus of AL candidates against lone BNP candidate . Dhaka Tribune . 25 October 2019.