Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam

Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of Parliament representing the Rajbari-1 constituency.

Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam
আলী নেওয়াজ মাহমুদ খৈয়াম
Member of Parliament
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byKazi Keramat Ali
Succeeded byKazi Keramat Ali
ConstituencyRajbari-1
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Career

Khaiyam was elected to parliament from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[1] He received 95,266 votes while his nearest rival Kazi Keramat Ali of Awami League received 85,057 votes.[2] He is the President of the Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[3]

Khaiyam supported Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, against Khaleda Zia, Chairperson of the Party, and backed the fraction in favor of reforms during the caretaker government rule.[4] In November 2007, a contractor filed an extortion case against Khaiyam at the Tejgaon Police Station in which he alleged Khaiyam demanded 2 million taka from him for a contract to work on Daulatdia Ferry Ghat.[5] He was arrested from Kakrail in Dhaka.[5] On 15 November 2007, he was sent to jail from detention.[6]

Khaiyam lost the election from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2008 and received 83,933 votes.[7]

Khaiyam was the President of Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2014.[8] He boycotted the national election that year as per the decision of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[9]

Khaiyam received the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nomination for the 11th parliamentary election from Rajbari-1 for in 2018.[10] He lost the election with 33,000 votes while Kazi Keramat Ali of Awami League won with 238,914 votes.[11]

Khaiyam led a protest in Rajbari District against inflation in March 2022.[12] He protested the arrest of Sonia Akter Sriti, a Mohila Dal leader, on a Digital Security Act for posting derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[13][14]

References
  1. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. "BNP asks inactive leaders to step aside". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. Staff Correspondent (2007-09-16). "Bhuiyan gets boost from BNP top-shots". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  5. Staff Correspondent (2007-11-14). "Ex-BNP MP Khaiyam held for 'extortion'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  6. "Ashraf, Harris Chy, Obaidul Karim charged with bribery". The Daily Star. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  7. "আলী নেওয়াজ মাহমুদ খৈয়ম". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  8. bdnews24.com. "Khaleda's Rajbarhi rally on Saturday". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  9. "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  10. "BNP candidates". The Daily Star. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  11. "Rajbari-1 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  12. "RAJBARI: Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam., former MP and Central leader of BNP addresses a protest meeting in Rajbari on Wednesday condemning price hike of essential commodities organised by Rajbari District BNP". The New Nation. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  13. "Rajbari Mohila Dal activist arrested under DSA". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  14. "Rajbari Mohila Dal member arrested under DSA for 'comment on PM'". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-10-06.


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