Shafiqul Islam Shimul Explained

Shafiqul Islam Shimul
Native Name:শফিকুল ইসলাম শিমুল
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Natore-2
Parliament:Bangladesh
Term Start:29 January 2014
Term End:6 August 2024
Predecessor:Ahad Ali Sarker
Birth Date:3 July 1976
Nationality:Bangladesh

Shafiqul Islam Shimul (born 3 July 1976) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Natore-2 constituency in 2014.[1]

Early life

Shimul was born on 3 July 1976. He has an LLB degree.[1]

Career

In July 2010, The Daily Star reported that Shariful Islam Ramjan and Shimul, president and general secretary of the Natore District unit of the Jubo League, controlled a syndicate that manipulated and controlled the tender process at Bangladesh Water Development Board.[2] The syndicate was involved in corruption that harmed the dredging of rivers like Narod river in Natore District.

Shimul was elected to the parliament from Natore-2 on 5 January 2014 as an Awami League candidate.[3] He was elected unopposed after the election was boycotted by all major opposition parties.[4] In 2014, he was charged in a murder case but his name was later withdrawn from the charge sheet.[5]

On 13 August 2015, Shimul and his supporters snatched a criminal, Redwan Sabbir, in handcuffs from Rapid Action Battalion custody after getting into a verbal argument with the law enforcement agency.[6]

On 11 April 2016, Shimul's supports attacked a rebel candidate of Awami League who was standing for Halsa Union Parishad chairperson post.[7] In October 2016, he claimed that he got Shafiqul Islam Ramjan elected chairperson of Natore Sadar Upazila on 17 February 2014.[8]

Shimul campaigned for A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton for the mayor of Rajshahi post in July 2018.[9]

Shimul at the public rally on 17 December said that only those who vote for Awami League will be allowed to vote in the upcoming national elections on 30 December 2018.[10] After his statements were published in the Prothom Alo his supports in Chhatra League prevented the distribution of newspaper in Natore District.[11] He was re-elected from Natore-2 as a candidate of Awami League on 30 December 2018.[12] He received 262,745 votes and his nearest rival, Sabina Yasmin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,197 votes.

Shimul became a member of the parliamentary standing committee on Railways Ministry's sub committee formed to investigate tender manipulation at the Ministry of Railways in October 2020.[13]

Shimul's nephew, Nafiul Islam Antar, was arrested for assaulting an engineer of Natore Water Development Board.[14] Antar assaulted the engineer after he criticised a construction work for the Board completed by his father, Mir Amirul Islam Jahan, for poor quality. Nafiul Islam Antar is a contractor and leader of Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League and his father is the treasurer of the Natore District unit of the Awami League.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 59_11th_En . 2023-09-01 . Bangladesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20230901180113/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3867 . 2023-09-01.
  2. News: 2010-07-01 . Graft spoils river saving project . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  3. Web site: Md. Shafiqul Islam Shimul -মোঃ শফিকুল ইসলাম শিমুল History . Amarmp . 15 December 2018 . en.
  4. News: Ahmed . Taib . 15 December 2013 . AL closer to majority before voting . dead . 2021-05-26 . New Age . en-GB . 2018-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025402/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/.
  5. News: 2019-01-11 . What do the affidavits of our MPs disclose about their past? . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. News: 2015-08-13 . Lawmaker snatches 'criminal' from Rab . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. News: 2016-04-11 . MP 'assaults rebel candidates men' . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. News: 2016-12-18 . I got upazila chairman 'elected' . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. News: 2018-07-22 . To campaign or not on social media . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. Web site: 2018-12-24 . Allow only 'boat voters' at centres . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  11. Web site: 2018-12-25 . Natore BCL leader buys all copies of Prothom Alo . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. Web site: 2018-11-25 . Natore-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  13. News: 2020-10-20 . JS sub-committee formed to look into alleged corruption in tender, procurement in railways . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.
  14. News: 2021-05-25 . Swechchhasebak League leader arrested for assaulting Natore Water Development Board engineer . 2021-05-26 . The Daily Star . en.