Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju
রাজিউদ্দিন আহমেদ রাজু
Raju in 2020
Member of Parliament
In office
14 July 1996 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byAbdul Ali Mridha
Succeeded byVacant
ConstituencyNarsingdi-5
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
16 September 2012 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byKhandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Minister for Posts and Telecommunications
In office
January 2009 – 16 September 2012
Succeeded bySahara Khatun
Personal details
Born (1944-02-02) 2 February 1944 (age 80)
Narsingdi, Bengal Province, British India
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju (born 2 February 1944)[1] is an 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]

Early life

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

Career

Raju was elected to 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 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 61,862 votes.[6]

Raju was elected to 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 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 99,509 votes.[6]

Raju was elected to 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 the 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 meeting 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] The 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 the 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 Hasina cabinet formed after the general elections on 12 January 2014.[15]

Raju was elected to 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 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Constituency 203_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "28 ministers out, effectively". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Minister Rajiuddin Raju hospitalised". bdnews24.com. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ^ "50 hurt in clash with cops". The Daily Star. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Most AL rebels defy party ultimatum". The Daily Star. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Electoral Area Results Comparison". Amar Desh. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "MKA replaces Shahara". The Daily Star. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ "3 years later, no trial yet for mayor's murder". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Minister Raju's brother, 13 others accused". The Daily Star. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d "Prove your innocence". The Daily Star. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ "MKA dropped". The Daily Star. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Trade unionism set free". The Daily Star. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  14. ^ "MK Alamgir, Dipu Moni, Suranjit left out of cabinet". The Daily Star. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  15. ^ "'Controversial' ministers dropped from the board". Dhaka Tribune. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  16. ^ a b "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Narsingdi-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Udayan School vice principal suspended over uniform row". Dhaka Tribune. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

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