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]
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 afterward.[1] He 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]
References
- ^ a b "Manu Majumdar - মানু মজুমদার". Amarmp. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Constituency 157". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Rejected AL aspirants wreak havoc in several districts". Dhaka Tribune. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Netrokona-1 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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