Monirul Haque Sakku

Monirul Haque Sakku is a Bangladeshi politician[1] and the first and immediate past mayor of the Cumilla City Corporation as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[2][3][4] On 19 May 2022, he has been expelled permanently from BNP for breaching party discipline.[5]

Monirul Haque Sakku
মনিরুল হক সাক্কু
Mayor of Comilla
In office
5 January 2012 – 16 May 2022
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byArfanul Haque Rifat
Personal details
BornComilla, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseAfroza Jesmin
ChildrenSunzida Haque
ResidenceComilla
OccupationPolitician

Career

On 7 January 2008, Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh) sued Sakku and his wife for illegal wealth. He was charged on 4 February 2016 but his wife's, Afroza Jasmine, was dropped. On 22 November 2017 a trial court found him innocent of all charges.[6]

On 5 January 2012, Sakku was elected Mayor of Comilla on a nomination of Citizens Committee. He is a former president of Comilla City unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He had been expelled from the party.[7]

Sakku was nominated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the mayoral election in Comilla in 2017.[8] He was re-elected mayor on 31 March 2017. A correspondent of The Daily Star reported seeing some activists of Awami League stuff ballots for their candidate.[9] His candidacy was supported by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[10]

References
  1. "Independent TV chairman, 3 others sued". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র নির্বাচিত হলেন মনিরুল হক সাক্কু. bangla.irib.ir (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  3. "Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  4. "monirul haque sakku mayor comilla city". mediander.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  5. "Cumilla city mayor Sakku relieved from BNP's executive committee". UNB. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  6. "Comilla city mayor Sakku gets clean chit in graft case". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  7. "Comilla votes Sakku to victory". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  8. "BNP nominates Monirul Haque Sakku for Comilla City Corporation election". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  9. "BNP's Monirul wins Comilla city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  10. "Think Jamaat is finished? Think again". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2020-07-10.


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