Ruhul Quddus Talukdar

Ruhul Quddus Talukder "Dulu" (born 7 September 1962) is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, former deputy minister, and former member of parliament representing the Natore-2 constituency. Now he is an organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Dulu was born in Natore Sadar Upazila of Natore District. He was a regular practitioner lawyer. Along with his legal career, he was also active in politics. In 1977, he joined the BNP's student organization Chhatra Dal.[1]

Ruhul Quddus Talukder
Ministry of Land
In office
2003–2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Member of Parliament
for Natore - 2
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Personal details
BornNatore, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer: Supreme Court Advocate

Career

Dulu was the member of parliament (MP) for Natore-2 from 1996.[2][3] He had received 58,500 votes while his nearest rival, Ahad Ali Sarker of Awami League, had received 50,455 votes.[3] He served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee in the Communications Ministry.[4]

Dulu was re-elected to parliament from Natore-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[3] He had received 109,196 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Hanif Ali Sheikh of Awami League had received 84,498.[3]

Dulu served as Deputy Minister for Land during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[5]

The High Court declared BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu to participate in the 11th parliamentary election, after the EC rejected the appeals and approved the return into the parliament. [6]

The Bangladesh High Court cleared the way for this BNP leader, Dulu, to contest in the 2018 election. It directed the Bangladesh Election Commission to accept his nominations and stayed the previous rejection order of the returning officers.[7] He is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8] He was arrested on 18 December.[9] Joint Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, condemned his arrest and accused the government of interfering with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party participation in the general election on 30 December 2018.[10] His bail application was rejected on 12 February 2019.[9]

Dulu received bail on a sabotage case on 2 September 2019.[11]

References
  1. "General Information". tritiyo matra. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  2. "Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu". Local Consultative Groups in Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 22 November 2004.
  3. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  4. "JS body discusses maintenance work". The Daily Star. 1999-01-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  5. "Wanted ex-Jamaat MP surrenders, sent to jail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  6. "HC clears Tuku, Dulu for contesting polls". Prothom Alo. 2018-12-10.
  7. "HC okays BNP leaders Tuku, Dulu for polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  8. "BNP 'gets Khaleda's nod'". The Daily Star. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  9. "BNP leader Dulu sent to jail". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  10. "Rizvi: 181 BNP activists held after symbol allocation". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  11. "Fakhrul, 7 other BNP leaders get bail on surrender". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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