Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal Explained

Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal
Native Name:মইন উদ্দীন খান বাদল
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Member of Parliament
Constituency:Chittagong-7
Term Start:25 January 2009
Term End:24 January 2014
Predecessor:Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Successor:Hasan Mahmud
Constituency1:Chittagong-8
Term Start1:29 January 2014
Term End1:7 November 2019
Predecessor1:Nurul Islam
Successor1:Moslem Uddin Ahmad
Birth Date:21 February 1952
Birth Place:Boalkhali Upazila, Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Death Place:Bengaluru, India
Party:Bangladesh JaSaD (2016-2019)

Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal (21 February 1952 – 7 November 2019) was a Bangladesh JaSaD politician. He was an MP of Chittagong-7 and Chittagong-8.

Early life

Badal was born on 21 February 1952, in Sarowatali village in Boalkhali Upazila, Chittagong to Ahmadullah Khan and Zatuma Khatun. Badal was involved with the Chhatra League in his student days, actively taking part in the Liberation War. He was one of the key persons who tried to prevent offloading of firearms at Chittagong port during the war. He studied at the Chittagong Collegiate School.[1]

Career

Badal was elected to parliament from Chittagong-7 in 2008 as a candidate of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.[2] He was also a candidate of the Grand Alliance.[3] On 26 February 2009, he visited the gates of Bangladesh Rifles headquarters during the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny and met mutineers.[4] He was an adviser of the CVO Petrochemical Refinery, a public limited company.[5] He served as the executive president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.[6]

Badal was elected to parliament again in 2014 from Chittagong-8. On 17 June 2015, he called upon the speaker of the parliament to issue a ruling to prevent the money laundering from Bangladeshi banks.[7] In 2016, Badal and Sharif Nurul Ambia led a breakaway faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. The split happened after the president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Hasanul Haq Inu, appointed Shirin Akhter, member of parliament, the general secretary of the party. The appointment was opposed by Badal and Sharif Nurul Ambia.[8] He blamed Inu for the split in the party.[9]

On 1 March 2017, Badal criticised Human Rights Watch for its report on Bangladesh and denied allegations of torture against the government.[10]

Death

Badal died on 7 November 2019 at the age of 67, at a hospital in Bangalore of India on Thursday morning, he died at 7:45am while undergoing treatment at Devi Shetty's Narayana Hrudalayala Hospitals of Bangalore.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. News: Witness testifies on killing of 5 . 23 July 2018 . The Daily Star . 12 December 2013 . en.
  2. Web site: Constituency 284 . Bangladesh Parliament . 23 July 2018 . en-gb . https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005947/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/get-involved/110-mps-category/mps-of-9th-parliament/960-constituency-284 . 29 July 2017.
  3. News: Big victory for grand alliance in Ctg . 23 July 2018 . The Daily Star . 30 December 2008 . en.
  4. News: A summary of the national probe report on the BDR mutiny . 23 July 2018 . The Daily Star . 29 May 2009 . en.
  5. News: Industries minister promises all support . 23 July 2018 . The Daily Star . 1 July 2012 . en.
  6. News: 'Plot in army is to foil trial' . 23 July 2018 . The Daily Star . 25 January 2012 . en.
  7. News: Speaker's ruling sought to stop money laundering . 23 July 2018 . The Daily Star.
  8. News: JSD got split because of Inu: Badal . 23 July 2018 . NTV.
  9. News: JSD rebels blame Inu for rift . 23 July 2018 . The Independent . https://web.archive.org/web/20180724032155/http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/37212/2016-03-14 . 24 July 2018.
  10. News: Badal comes down heavily on HRW, US envoy . 23 July 2018 . Dhaka Tribune . 28 February 2017.
  11. News: MP Moinuddin Khan Badal passes away . 7 November 2019 . Daily Sun . 7 November 2019.
  12. News: MP Moinuddin Khan Badal dies at 67 . 7 November 2019 . bdnews24.com . 7 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107052815/https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/politics/1686032 . dead.