| Sirajul Islam Chowdhury | |
| Office: | Member of Bangladesh Parliament |
| Term Start: | 1988 |
| Term End: | 1990 |
| Party: | Jatiya Party (Ershad)Bangladesh Nationalist PartyBangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal |
Sirajul Islam Chowdhury is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician, former student activist, social worker, and Ex Member of Parliament of Patiya Chittagong-11.
Chowdhury was a revolutionary student activists of Chattogram who led the protests against the Pakistani ruling elite in the sixties along with many others. [1] After War of Independence he cofounded Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal and was the Founding Convenor of Chittagong University Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatradal Unit.
Chowdhury is also a social reformer and co-founded Non-governmental organization NOWZUWAN in 1977.[2] [3] NOWZUWAN was one of the three non-government organisations (NGOs) to sign 'Grant Contracts’ with Japanese Ambassador ITO Naoki under the Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) in March 2022.[4] [5]
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-11 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988.[6] [7] He’s a member of the Jatiya Party and advisory council.[8] [9] He boycotted the 2014 parliamentary elections during the early hours, after experiencing rampant vote rigging by the agents of rival candidate.[10]