| Elias Uddin Mollah | |
| Constituency Mp: | Dhaka-16 |
| Parliament: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 29 December 2008 |
| Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Post Established |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Elias Uddin Mollah (born 2 March 1971) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiyo Sangshad representing the Dhaka-16 constituency.[1] He was elected from Dhaka-16 constituency.[2]
Elias was born to Harun Rashid Mollah, who was also an MP,[3] and Ajma Begum.[4] His paternal grandfather, Qudratullah Mollah, served as president of Mirpur union parishad for 27 years straight. Elias attended National Bangla High School.[5] He has not studied beyond intermediate level.
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]
In 2015 Elias made racist comments about black people. After a recent trip to the Congo, he said to journalists:
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."
In 2016 he was accused of attempting to illegally occupy private homes.[10]