Manu Majumdar

Manu Majumdar (14 August 1959 – 21 May 2024) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-1 constituency from 2019 to 2024.[1]

Manu Majumder
মানু মজুমদার
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Netrokona-1
In office
30 January 2019 – 7 January 2024
Preceded byChhabi Biswas
Succeeded byMustaque Ahmed Ruhi
Personal details
Born(1959-08-14)14 August 1959
Died22 May 2024(2024-05-22) (aged 64)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Political partyAwami League

Background

Majumdar was born on 14 August 1959.[2] He was the brother-in-law of the previous member of parliament, Chhabi Bishwas, from Netrokona-1.[3] Majumdar died in Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bengaluru, India on 21 May 2024, at the age of 64.[4]

Career

Majumdar hailing from Kishoreganj, Dhaka was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as an Awami League candidate 30 December 2018 and later became a voter of Netrokona afterwards.[1] He had received 249,738 votes while his nearest rival, Kaiser Kamal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 16,332 votes.[5] His nomination was protested by Awami League supporters who described him as an "outsider".[3] Majumder's vehicle was vandalised by protestors when he was coming to Netrokona. Majumder worked as a server of Ganabhaban before being nominated as an MP.

References
  1. "Manu Majumdar - মানু মজুমদার". Amarmp. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  2. "Constituency 157". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. "Rejected AL aspirants wreak havoc in several districts". Dhaka Tribune. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. "সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য মানু মজুমদার মারা গেছেন" [Former member of parliament Manu Majumdar dies]. সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য মানু মজুমদার মারা গেছেন (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. "Netrokona-1 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.


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