Bangladeshi politician
Khandaker Fazle Hossain Badsha (born 15 October 1952), commonly known as Fazle Hossain Badsha or simply Fazle Badsha is a Bangladeshi politician. He has served three terms as a member of the Jatiyo Sangshad since 2008, representing Rajshahi-2 for the Workers Party of Bangladesh.[2] [3]
Career
Badsha is a lawyer by profession.
Basha was first elected to parliament in 2008 using the boat symbol of the Awami League from Rajshahi-2.[4] He received 116, 599 votes while his closest opponent, Mizanur Rahman Minu of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 89,050 votes.[5]
Badsha was re-elected in the 2014 general election unopposed after opposition parties, including the main Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the election and withdrew their candidates.[6]
Badsha was re-elected in 2018 general election as a candidate of the Workers Party of Bangladesh and with the electoral symbol of the Awami League.[7] He received 115,453 while his nearest rival, Mizanur Rahman Minu of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 103,327 votes.[7]
Badsha contested the January 2024 election as a candidate of the 14-party alliance led by Awami League, which includes the Workers Party of Bangladesh, but lost to independent candidate and Awami League politician Shafiqur Rahman Badsha.[8][9] He lost to the vice president of Rajshahi City Awami League and school teacher, Shafiqur Rahman, who enjoyed the support of local Awami League activists.[9][10] He alleged the vote was rigged in favor of his opponents.[8] He received 31,466 votes while his opponent received 54,906 votes.[4] He was the chairperson the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indigenous and Minority Affairs.[11]
After the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Badsha campaigned for the release of detained Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and Rajshahi City councilor, Nuruzzaman Khan, who was detained in a sabotage case in the crackdown following the movement.[12]
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