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]
Panchanan Biswas | |
|---|---|
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 |
Career
editBiswas 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]
References
edit- ^ Mohaiemen, Naeem. "Secularism: Constitution, Law and Representation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b "AL tickets trigger protests in several districts". The Daily Star. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001". Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "'Rights of Bangalees in CHT not curtailed'". The Daily Star. 21 January 1998. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Prominent among who withdraw". The Daily Star. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Search result for Candidates in Constituency Khulna-1". election.dhakatribune.com. No. Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Recover Gazipur forest land from grabbers". The Daily Star. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2018.