Moni Swapan Dewan (born 18 May 1954) alias Major Rajesh is a
Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, ethnic
Chakma
Chakma may refer to:
*Chakma people, a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India
*Chakma language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them
**Chakma script
***Chakma (Unicode block)
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, and a former member of parliament from the
Chittagong Hill Tracts. He is also the former deputy minister for Hill Tracts Affairs.
He started his career as a
guerilla leader for the
Shanti Bahini, the armed wing of the
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti
The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti ( bn, পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম জনসংহতি সমিতি; ''United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts''; abbreviated PCJSS) is a political party form ...
.
Career
Moni Swapan was a member of the
Shanti Bahini during the
Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict and was known as Major Rajesh.
He is accused of committing a
massacre
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...
of
settler Bengalis in the
Rangamati district in 1984.
Dewan denies the charges.
Moni Swapan Dewan was appointed the State
Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs in the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.
He called for the recognition of ethnic minority in the constitution of Bangladesh in 2006.
References
Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
Living people
8th Jatiya Sangsad members
People from Rangamati District
1954 births
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