Panchanan Biswas is a

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from

Khulna-1 Khulna-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Panchanan Biswas of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Batiaghata and Dacope upazilas. History The cons ...

. He is one of the few Hindu Members of parliament in Bangladesh.

Career

Biswas was elected to parliament in 1996 by elections from

as candidate of Bangladesh Awami League candidate. The seat was won in the 1996 general election by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In parliament he questioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 1998, if the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace treaty had curbed the rights of Bengali People living there. He was reelected in 2001 from Khulna-1. In 2008, Biswas lost the Bangladesh Awami League nomination from Khulna-1 to Nani Gopal Mandol. He tried to participate in the Khulna-1 election in 2008 as an independent candidate but withdrew his candidacy on 12 December 2008 before the election. He was elected to Parliament in 2014 on a Bangladesh Awami League nomination from Khulna-1. He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

References

1943 births Living people People from Khulna District Awami League politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Brajalal College alumni Bangladeshi Hindus {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub