Bachhu Mollah is a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (), popularly abbreviated as BNP (), is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President of Bangladesh, President Ziaur Rahman, wit ...

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

Kushtia-1 Kushtia-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by popula ...

constituency.

Career

Mollah was elected to parliament from Kushtia-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in March 2004 in a by-election, following the death of the incumbent,

Ahsanul Haq Mollah Ahsanul Haq Mollah (known as Pancha Mollah; died 12 December 2003) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kushtia-1 constituency. He served as the state minister of post and telecom ...

, who was also his father. Mollah protected smugglers in

Kushtia District Kushtia District (; ) is a district in the Khulna Division, Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh largest city in the country. Kushtia has existed as a sepa ...

. He laid seize to a unit of Bangladesh Rifles to force them to release a drug smuggler they had caught. He was sued in 2007 for attacking and looting houses after Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in 2001.

References

Living people Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians People from Kushtia District Politicians from Khulna Division 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub