Omor Faruk Chowdhury

Omor Faruk Chowdhury (born 2 January 1960)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajshahi-1 constituency. He served as a state minister of industries from September 2012 until January 2014.[2][3]

Omor Faruk Chowdhury
ওমর ফারুক চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
for Rajshahi-1
Assumed office
2008
Preceded byAminul Haque
State Minister of Industries
In office
16 September 2012 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byRezaul Karim
Succeeded byKamal Ahmed Majumder
Personal details
Born (1960-02-01) 1 February 1960
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
EducationL.L.B (Hon's)
OccupationAgriculture, Food processing Industry and Consultancy Business[1]

Education and career

Chowdhury has a LLB degree.[1]

Chowdhury was elected to the parliament from Rajshahi-1 in 2008 and on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[1] He was sent a show cause notice by the Bangladesh Election Commission in April 2016 for violating electoral code by supporting candidates in local elections.[4] He is a former State Minister of Industries.

On 15 January 2018, Chowdhury was accused by a Prothom Alo report of being involved in a drug trade.[5] He denied the allegations in a rejoinder to the Prothom Alo. The Prothom Alo replied the report was based on a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the drug trade in Rajshahi.[6]

On 27 February 2019, the Election Commission ordered Chowdhury to leave an upazila electoral zone in Rajshahi for violating rules.[7]

Controversy

He has been accused of beating and injuring a college principal named Selim Reza on 7 July. Though MP Omar Farooq Chowdhury denied the allegations against him, saying Selim Reza was injured in an internal clash. According to college sources, the principal alongside eight of his colleagues went to the MP's office to settle a matter regarding a conversation between a college professor's wife and a politician. During conversation, the MP started beating the college principal with a stick, said witnesses [8]

References
  1. "Constituency 52_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  2. "MKA replaces Shahara". The Daily Star. 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  3. "35 to get CIP cards today for industrial excellence". The Daily Star. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  4. "EC issues show-cause notice to Rajshahi-1 MP Sheikh Omor Faruque". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. Azad, Abul Kalam Muhammad. "AL MP patronising drug trade!". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. "AL MP protests at drug trading report". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. "EC orders Rajshahi MP Omor Faruk Chowdhury to leave Upazila election zone". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  8. "AL MP allegedly beat college principal in Rajshahi". The Business Standard. 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-07-13.


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