Rajiuddin_Ahmed_Raju

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju

Bangladeshi politician

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju (born 2 February 1944)[1] is a Awami League politician. He is a former Posts and Telecommunications Minister, and Labour and Employment Minister.[2][3][4] He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-5 constituency.[5]

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Early life

Raju was born on 2 February 1944.[1] He has a B.A. degree.[1]

Career

Raju was elected to the parliament in 1996 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate.[6] He received 75,672 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 61,862 votes.[6]

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2001 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate.[6] He received 117,096 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 99,509 votes.[6]

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2008 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate.[7] He received 93,746 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 66,942 votes.[7]

In January 2009, Raju was appointed the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications.[8]

Raju's brother, Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, was accused in the murder of a former mayor of Narsingdi, who was killed on 1 November 2011.[9][10] Raju was in Geneva at the time of the murder.[11] After he returned to Bangladesh he held a 15 minute with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[11] The meeting was also attended by three other Awami League members of Parliament representing Narsingdi District, Anwarul Ashraf Khan, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, and Zahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan.[11] Prime Minister requested him to prove his brother's innocence after the meeting.[11]

On 16 September 2012, Raju was replaced by Sahara Khatun as the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications.[8] Raju was then appointed the Minister of Labour and Employment.[8]

On 3 January 2013, Raju was dropped from the Presidium Council of Awami League.[12] On 15 July 2013, Raju placed the Labour Law (amendment 2006)-2013 in parliament which was then passed by the treasury bench.[13] Raju was removed from the cabinet of Bangladesh on 21 November 2013.[14]

Raju was not included in the Third Sheikh Hasina cabinet formed after general elections on 12 January 2014.[15]

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2014 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate.[16] He was elected unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties.[16]

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2018 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate.[17] He had received 2,94,484 votes while his nearest rival, Md Ashraf Uddin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 20,431 votes.[17]

Personal life

Raju's wife, Umme Salema Begum, is the principal of Udayan Higher Secondary School.[18]

Raju was hospitalised at Samorita Hospital on 18 March 2013 after falling ill during a meeting of the Cabinet of Bangladesh.[19]

References

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    "Constituency 203_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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    "MKA replaces Shahara". The Daily Star. 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "3 years later, no trial yet for mayor's murder". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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    "Minister Raju's brother, 13 others accused". The Daily Star. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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    "Prove your innocence". The Daily Star. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "MKA dropped". The Daily Star. 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "Trade unionism set free". The Daily Star. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "MK Alamgir, Dipu Moni, Suranjit left out of cabinet". The Daily Star. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "'Controversial' ministers dropped from the board". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "Narsingdi-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "Udayan School vice principal suspended over uniform row". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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    "Minister Rajiuddin Raju hospitalised". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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