Nizam Uddin Hazari

Nizam Uddin Hazari (Bengali: নিজাম উদ্দিন হাজারী) is an Awami League politician and member of parliament from Feni-2.

Nizam Uddin Hazari
Member of Parliament
for Feni-2
In office
2014–2018
Preceded byJoynal Abedin
Succeeded byNizam Uddin Hazari
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byNizam Uddin Hazari
Personal details
Born1 January 1966
Feni Sadar Upazila, Feni District, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Uddin was born on 1 January 1966.[1] He has a B.com degree.[1] His mother was Dil Afroze Begum and his father was Zainal Abedin.[2]

Career

Uddin started politics while he was a student of Chittagong Govt. Commerce College.[3] In the 1990s Uddin worked under AJM Nasir Uddin in Chittagong.[4] Uddin was sentenced to jail on an arms case on 22 March 1992.[5] He returned to Feni in 1997 to work under Joynal Hazari.[4]

On 16 August 2000, a court in Chittagong sentenced Uddin to ten years imprisonment on an arms case.[5] He was released after serving five years in jail.[5][6] He had appealed against the verdict with Bangladesh High Court and Bangladesh Supreme Court.[5]

Uddin was mayor of Feni in 2011.[5]

Uddin was elected to parliament from Feni-2 in 2014 unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties.[7] He resigned from the post of Mayor of Feni to participate in the election.[5]

In May 2014, Ekramul Haque, Chairperson of Fulgazi Upazila, was assassinated. All of the accused were followers of Uddin.[4] Uddin and Joynal Hazari blamed each other over the murder.[8] According to The Daily Star, Uddin is believed to be behind the murder but he was not charged in case.[9]

On 8 June 2014, Bangladesh High Court issued a ruling asking the Election Commission, Government of Bangladesh, and Uddin to explain why his parliamentary membership should not be cancelled due to his conviction in the arms case.[3] Two subsequent benches of Bangladesh High Court said they were "too embarrassed" to hear the case and it was delayed.[3]

Hearing in the case over Uddin's parliamentary seat began on 19 June 2016 under justices Md Emdadul Huq and Md Iqbal Kabir who deferred the verdict.[3] On 2 March 2018, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique gave a verdict in favor of Uddin that allowed him to keep his parliamentary seat.[10]

In January 2017, Uddin sued the editor, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, of the Daily Observer over a report in the newspaper that described him as a drug lord.[11] In November 2017, Bangladesh Nationalist Party alleged Uddin of being responsible for an attack on the convoy of Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]

Uddin was re-elected in 2018 from Feni-2 as a candidate of Awami League.[13] He is Trustee Board member of Feni University.[14]

Uddin visited Feni jail without permission and violating rules numerous times in 2019 to visit imprisoned Jubo League leaders.[15]

References

  1. "Nizam Uddin Hazari -নিজাম উদ্দিন হাজারী Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. "Nizam Hazari MP of Feni loses mother, brother in just two hours". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. "Nizam Hazari: From arms dealer to lawmaker". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (2015-06-29). "Same Old Feni". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  5. "Md Nizam uddin verdict deferred again". Dhaka Tribune. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. "HC verdict on Nizam Hazari's JS membership Aug 30". Samakal. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. "new age". Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  8. "Nizam, Hazari trade blame". The Daily Star. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. "56 charged with Ekram murder". The Daily Star. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  10. "Nizam Hazari can continue as MP: HC". The Daily Star. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  11. "Hazari sues Observer editor". The Daily Star. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  12. "'AL MP Nizam Hazari behind Khaleda motorcade attack'". The Daily Star. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  13. "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  14. "Feni University". www.feniuniversity.edu.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  15. "'MP Hazari enters jail violating rule'". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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