Mizanur Rahman Minu is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former mayor and member of parliament of Rajshahi-2.
Mizanur Rahman Minu | |
|---|---|
| মিজানুর রহমান মিনু | |
Portrait of Mizanur Rahman Minu | |
| 4th Mayor of Rajshahi | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | M Aminul Islam (as Administrator) |
| Succeeded by | A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton |
| In office 21 May 1991 – 30 December 1993 | |
| Preceded by | NA Habibullah (as Administrator) |
| Succeeded by | M Aminul Islam (as Administrator) |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Kabir Hossain |
| Succeeded by | Fazle Hossain Badsha |
| Constituency | Rajshahi-2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rajshahi, East Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Minu has served as the mayor of Rajshahi. He was elected president of the Rajshahi unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1] He is an advisor to former prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia.[2]
Career
editMinu was elected to parliament from Rajshahi-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[3] He received 176,405 votes while his nearest rival, A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton of Awami League, received 96,604 votes.[3]
Minu was elected mayor of Rajshahi in 2002.[4] His opponent, Fazle Hossain Badsha, made allegations of vote rigging and an Awami League activist was killed in election violence.[4]
In November 2008, Bangladesh High Court squashed an extortion case against him in which he was sentenced to 17 years jail allowing him to compete in the upcoming parliamentary elections.[5] He contested the election from Rajshahi-2 against Fazle Hossain Badsha of the Awami League led grand alliance.[4]
In December 2013, Minu was sued for murder after a police constable died in a bomb attack during a strike of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[6]
Minu was sent to jail in March 2014 in a case filed over the attempted murder of the officer-in-charge of Boalia model police station after he was shot at a hartal (strike) of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 4 June 2011.[7]
Minu was sent to jail in six arson cases in July 2015 and was released on bail in September.[8] He was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after his bail.[8]
Mosabbirul Islam, law affairs secretary of Rajshahi unit of the Awami League filed a sedition case against Minu on charges of threating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 2 March 2021.[9] He later apologized for calling for a repeat of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Sheikh Hasina.[10]
In July 2023, an employee of Ena Group, owned by Awami League member of parliament Enamul Haque, filed a case against Minu under the Digital Security Act after Minu accused Enamul of being a former president of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir.[11] Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal dismissed the case against Minu on the reasoning that the complaint did not have grounds to file a complaint as the comments were not made against him or his close family.[11] The Prothom Alo called for the verdict to become a precedent for other cases filed under Digital Security Act to harass people.[11]
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party sidelined Minu and Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul in favor of new leadership in Rajshahi.[12] He was removed from the Rajshahi District convening committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Minu elected Rajshahi city BNP chief". bdnews24.com. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "BNP postpones Rajshahi divisional rally". New Age. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b c Ali, Anwar (21 December 2008). "All eyes on Badsha-Minu fight". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Ali, Anwar (20 November 2008). "Minu's acquittal enlivens Rajshahi BNP". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Minu, Bulbul among 350 sued". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Minu again sent to jail". Prothom Alo. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Rajshahi ex-mayor Minu released on bail". The Daily Star. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Four Rajshahi BNP leaders sued in sedation case". New Age. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "BNP leader Minu apologises for remarks on 'repeating 1975 assassination'". The Daily Star. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Ex-RCC mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu sued under DSA". The Daily Star. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b Azad, Abul Kalam Muhammad (22 September 2023). "AL has two factions in Rajshahi, 'new vs old' plagues BNP". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 25 July 2024.