Pankaj Nath (born 25 September 1966) is an independent 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

Barisal-4 Barisal-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Pankaj Nath of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hizla and Mehendiganj upazilas. History The constituen ...

constituency.

Career

Pankaj Nath was elected to the parliament from

in 2014 and 2018 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League. He owns Bihanga Paribahan, a bus transport company, which was founded in 2009. He served as the General Secretary of Awami Swechchhashebok League. In September 2022, he was dismissed from all party positions, including as member of the advisory council, for violating party discipline. On 26 November 2023, Awami League announced the final list of its 298 candidates to contest the 2024 national election which did not include Nath. In the 2024 general election, after not getting the Awami League nomination, Pankaj decided to participate as an independent candidate and he was elected easily because the Awami League nominated candidate was declared disqualified by the election commission because of dual citizenship.

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Living people 1966 births Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Mehendiganj Upazila Politicians from Barisal District Businesspeople from Barisal Division 21st-century Bangladeshi businesspeople Bangladeshi Hindus Independent politicians in Bangladesh University of Dhaka alumni {{Barisal-AL-politician-stub