Ahsanul Haq Mollah (known as Pancha Mollah; died 12 December 2003) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the

Kushtia-1 Kushtia-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rezaul Haque Chowdhury Boundaries The constituency encompasses Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia, Daulatpur Upazila. History The constit ...

constituency. He served as the state minister of post and telecommunication in the

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during 2001–2003. Suffering from liver cancer, Mollah was taken to

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on 23 November 2003. He was later declared clinically dead and he died after his arrival in

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on the way to

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. His son,

Bachhu Mollah Bachhu Mollah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kushtia-1 Kushtia-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rezaul H ...

, was later elected in a by-election for the vacant position of Jatiya Sangsad membership representing the Kushtia-1 constituency.

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1930s births 2003 deaths Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State Ministers of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology People from Kushtia District Politicians from Khulna Division 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub