Omor Faruk Chowdhury (born 2 January 1960) is a

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

politician and a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member representing the

Rajshahi-1 Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Godagari Upazila, Godagari and Tanore Upazila, Tanore up ...

constituency. He served as a state minister of industries from September 2012 until January 2014.

Education and career

Chowdhury has a LLB degree. Chowdhury was elected to the parliament from Rajshahi-1 in 2008 and on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was sent a show cause notice by the Bangladesh Election Commission in April 2016 for violating electoral code by supporting candidates in local elections. He is a former state minister of Industries. On 15 January 2018, Chowdhury was accused by a ''

Prothom Alo ''Prothom Alo'' () is a Bengali language, Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka. It is one of the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB ...

'' report of being involved in a drug trade. He denied the allegations in a rejoinder to the ''Prothom Alo''. The ''Prothom Alo'' replied the report was based on a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the drug trade in Rajshahi. On 27 February 2019, the Election Commission ordered Chowdhury to leave an upazila electoral zone in Rajshahi for violating rules.

Controversy

He has been accused of beating and injuring a college principal named Selim Reza on 7 July. Though MP Omar Farooq Chowdhury denied the allegations against him, saying Selim Reza was injured in an internal clash. According to college sources, the principal alongside eight of his colleagues went to the MP's office to settle a matter regarding a conversation between a college professor's wife and a politician. During conversation, the MP started beating the college principal with a stick, said witnesses

References

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