Panchanan_Biswas

Panchanan Biswas

Panchanan Biswas

Bangladeshi politician

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]

Quick Facts Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Khulna-1, Preceded by ...

Career

Biswas 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

  1. [1]
    Mohaiemen, Naeem. "Secularism: Constitution, Law and Representation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. [2]
    "AL tickets trigger protests in several districts". The Daily Star. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. [3]
    "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)
  4. [4]
    "'Rights of Bangalees in CHT not curtailed'". The Daily Star. 21 January 1998. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Prominent among who withdraw". The Daily Star. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. [6]
    "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.
  7. [7]
    "Recover Gazipur forest land from grabbers". The Daily Star. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2018.


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