Mahi B. Chowdhury

Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury
Political party Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh
Spouse(s) Ashfa Haque Lopa[1]
Parent(s)

Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and a former member of the Jatiyo Sangshad. He is the son of a former Bangladeshi President A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.

Career

Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in August 1992. He was first elected to parliament in the 2001 parliamentary elections from Munshiganj District in central Bangladesh as a candidate on the BNP ticket.[2]

On June 21, 2002, his father Badruddoza Chowdhury resigned after facing the possibility of impeachment and removal from office by the BNP-led parliament under the charge of disrespecting BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. Subsequently, due to media pressures and negative publicity, Chowdhury resigned from BNP on March 10, 2004. He then joined the Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) - a political party founded by his father A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.[2]

This resignation left a void in the Munshiganj-1 constituency. A by-election was held on June 6, 2004.[2] Despite considerable opposition from the BNP, Chowdhury managed to win the elections and enter Parliament as an opposition member from the BDB.

References

  1. ↑ "Khaleda visits ailing B Chowdhury". bdnews24.com. February 18, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Munshiganj-1 polls tomorrow: Weary voters ready for third time". The Daily Star. June 5, 2004.
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