Harunur Rashid (born 1 January 1962)[1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Chapai Nawabganj-3 constituency since January 2019.
Harunur Rashid | |
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হারুনুর রশীদ | |
 Portrait of Harunur Rashid | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Chapai Nawabganj-3 | |
| In office 30 January 2019 – 8 February 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Odud |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Odud |
| In office 15 February 1996 – 1 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Latifur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Odud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1962 Chapai Nawabganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Spouse | Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia |
Career
editRashid was elected to Jatiya Sangsad from Chapai Nawabganj-3 in the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[2] He had received 77,929 votes while his nearest rival, Latifur Rahman of the Awami League, had received 47,048 votes.[2]
Rashid was re-elected in the 2001 Bangladeshi general election.[2] He had received 85,489 votes while the same rival, Latifur Rahman of the Awami League, had received 60,460 votes.[2]
Rashid contested the 2008 Bangladeshi general election from Chapai Nawabganj-3 as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate but lost to Abdul Odud of the Awami League.[3] He received 76,178 votes while the winner received 112,753 votes.[3] Latifur Rahman of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami also campaigned against him.[4]
Rashid boycotted the 2014 election as per decision of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Abdul Odud of the Awami League was elected to parliament uncontested from Chapai Nawabganj-3.[5]
Rashid was elected to parliament from Chapai Nawabganj-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate on 30 December 2018.[6][7] He had received 133,661 votes while Abdul Odul of the Awami League and his nearest rival received 85,938 votes.[8] He took the oath of office 90 days after the mandated time following instructions of Tarique Rahman.[9] The four Bangladesh Nationalist Party members of parliament initially refused to join parliament as they had deemed the election unfair.[9]
Rashid in parliament asked the speaker to create a committee to investigate the large number of cases filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians.[10]
Charges and convictions
editAssistant Director Monayem Hossain of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Rashid for tax fraud in March 2007 with Tejgaon police station and then pressed charge in July.[11][12] Rashid had imported a Hummer H2 on 25 April 2005 without paying tax as per his privilege as a member of parliament but later sold the to Ishtiak Sadek, violating the rules of the duty free facility, who sold it to Enayetur Rahman Bappi.[13][14][15] The car, imported under duty free privilege, cannot be sold under less than years of being purchased.[14] Rapid Action Battalion-2, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Akbar Hossain, had spotted the Hummer in Panthapath and asked the men to come to their camp where they were detained.[16]
In October 2019, Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Dhaka court sentenced Rashid to five years' imprisonment for dodging taxes while importing a luxurious car in 2007 and fined him five million taka.[11] It also sent his co-accused former managing director of NTV and Channel 9, Enayetur Rahman Bappi, to two years imprisonment.[11][13] His other co-accused proprietor of Sky Autos, Ishtiak Sadek, sentenced to jail for three years.[11] A week later, the High Court granted him six months' bail in the case.[17]
Justices Obaidul Hassan and AKM Zahirul Huq asked the government to explain why Rashid's parliamentary membership should not be canceled due to his conviction.[18][19]
On 9 December 2021, Justice Md Selim of Bangladesh High court upheld the verdict in the tax evasion case against Rashid after hearing his appeal.[20] The High Court commuted his sentence to time served.[21]
Personal life
editRashid is married to Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia.[22]
References
edit- ^ "Constituency 45_11th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online". 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "BNP, Jamaat both stake claim to C'nawabganj-3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "BNP's five winners". Dhaka Tribune. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Another four BNP leaders take oath as MPs, Fakhrul opts out". bdnews24.com. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Chapainawabganj-3 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b "It was Tarique's decision". The Daily Star. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Form House committee on 'ghost cases': Harun". The Daily Star. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d "BNP MP gets 5yrs in jail for dodging taxes". The Daily Star. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "HC upholds MP Harun's 5-year jail term". Risingbd Online Bangla News Portal. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b "HC commutes BNP lawmaker Harunur Rashid's jail sentence in tax evasion case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ a b "HC scraps BNP lawmaker Harun's appeal against graft case conviction". RTV. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Graft, Arms Cases". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Case of MPs Abusing Duty-free Car Import". The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "BNP MP Harun gets bail". The Daily Star. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "HC issues rule for cancelling BNP MP Harunor Rashid's JS membership". The Daily Star. BSS. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Why Harun still an MP?". The Daily Star. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "HC upholds BNP MP Harun's 5-yr jail". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "HC commutes jail sentence of BNP MP Harunur Rashid, 2 others". The Daily Star. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Now BNP's Papia seeks plot from govt". Daily Sun. 26 August 2019.