| Panchanan Biswas | |
|---|---|
| পঞ্চানন বিশ্বাস | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Khulna-1 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Nani Gopal Mandol |
| In office September 1996 – October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Prafulla Kumar Mandal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-10-24) 24 October 1943 (age 81) |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Panchanan Biswas is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-1 constituency since 2014. He is one of the few Hindu Members of parliament in Bangladesh.
Career
Biswas was elected to parliament in 1996 by elections from Khulna-1 as candidate of Bangladesh Awami League candidate. The seat was won in the 1996 general election by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In parliament he questioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 1998, if the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace treaty had curbed the rights of Bengali People living there. He was reelected in 2001 from Khulna-1.
In 2008, Biswas lost the Bangladesh Awami League nomination from Khulna-1 to Nani Gopal Mandol. He tried to participate in the Khulna-1 election in 2008 as an independent candidate but withdrew his candidacy on 12 December 2008 before the election. He was elected to Parliament in 2014 on a Bangladesh Awami League nomination from Khulna-1. He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
References
- Mohaiemen, Naeem. "Secularism: Constitution, Law and Representation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "AL tickets trigger protests in several districts". The Daily Star. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001". Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "'Rights of Bangalees in CHT not curtailed'". The Daily Star. 21 January 1998. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "Prominent among who withdraw". The Daily Star. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "Search result for Candidates in Constituency Khulna-1". election.dhakatribune.com. No. Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- "Recover Gazipur forest land from grabbers". The Daily Star. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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