Elias Mollah

Elias Uddin Mollah (born 2 March 1971) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of National Parliament of Bangladesh.[1][2] He was elected from Dhaka-16 constituency.[3]

Elias Uddin Mollah
Member Of Parliament for Dhaka-16
Assumed office
29 December 2008
Preceded byPost Established
Personal details
Born (1971-03-02) 2 March 1971
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Biography

Elias was born to Harun Rashid Mollah, who was also an MP,[1] and Ajma Begum.[4] He attended National Bangla High School.[5] He has not studied beyond intermediate level.[1]

Controversies

2014 Kalshi clashes

In 2014 he was accused of being involved in an arson attack on a refugee camp of Stranded Pakistanis in Mirpur, Dhaka in which 10 people died.[6][7] Mollah denied involvement and blamed a "vested conspiracy" against him.[8]

Racism

In 2015 Elias made racist comments about black people.[1] After a recent trip to the Congo, he said to journalists:[1]

Our army has gone there (Africa) to civilise those black people. I am sure they will accomplish the task.

He constantly referred to the Congolese as "uncivilized black people" and added "People there are yet to become civilised. They take bath every 15 days. After applying soaps before bath, they do not even use water in a bid to retain the aroma."[9] When pointed out that he was being racist and whether the UN had entrusted the Bangladeshi peacekeepers with the responsibility to make Africans "civilised", Mollah said, "No... we are only assisting them to get civilised."[1]

Corruption allegations

In 2016 he was accused of attempting to illegally occupy private homes.[10]

References
  1. "Awami League MP Elias Mollah calls Africans 'uncivilised' after UN peacekeeping mission tour". bdnews24.com. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "Constituency 189_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  3. "Biharis point fingers at Elias". The Daily Star. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. "PM mourns death of Elias Mollah's mother". The New Nation. 23 January 2017.
  5. Hossain, Shakawat (10 September 2013). "National Bangla High School: An institution with a difference". The Guardian. Dhaka.
  6. Ahmed, Farid. "10 killed in Bangladesh arson attack". CNN. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  7. "Motive to grab camp's land". The Daily Star. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. Chowdhury, Kamran Reza (23 June 2014). "Bihari Camp Arson Attack: Elias Mollah denies role". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. Liton, Shakhawat (5 August 2015). "Opinion: Shouldn't AL MP Elias apologise?". The Daily Star. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  10. "Allegation of house grabbing against MP Elias' followers". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.


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