Ruhul Quddus Talukder "Dulu" (born 7 September 1962) is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, former deputy minister, and former member of parliament representing the Natore-2 constituency. Now he is an organizing secretary of the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

(BNP). Dulu was born in

Natore Sadar Upazila Natore Sadar ( bn, নাটোর সদর) is an upazila of Natore District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Natore Sadar is located at . It has 67,852 households and a total area of 401.29 km2. The upazila is bounded by ...

of Natore District. He was a regular practitioner lawyer. Along with his legal career, he was also active in politics. In 1977, he joined the BNP's student organization Chhatra Dal.

Career

Dulu was the member of parliament (MP) for Natore-2 from 1996. He had received 58,500 votes while his nearest rival,

Ahad Ali Sarker Ahad Ali Sarker is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former State Minister of Youth and Sports. Early life Ahad was born on 3 January 1952. He has a B.A. degree. Career Ahad was elected to parliament in 2008 from Natore-2 as a ...

of Awami League, had received 50,455 votes. He served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee in the Communications Ministry. Dulu was re-elected to parliament from Natore-2 as a

candidate in 2001. He had received 109,196 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Hanif Ali Sheikh of Awami League had received 84,498. Dulu served as Deputy Minister for Land during the

government. The High Court declared BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu to participate in the 11th parliamentary election, after the EC rejected the appeals and approved the return into the parliament. The Bangladesh High Court cleared the way for this BNP leader, Dulu, to contest in the 2018 election. It directed the

Bangladesh Election Commission The Bangladesh Election Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নির্বাচন কমিশন), abbreviated and publicly referred to as EC, is an independent constitutional body that operates the legal functions of election laws in ...

to accept his nominations and stayed the previous rejection order of the returning officers. He is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was arrested on 18 December. Joint Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, condemned his arrest and accused the government of interfering with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party participation in the general election on 30 December 2018. His bail application was rejected on 12 February 2019. Dulu received bail on a sabotage case on 2 September 2019.

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