Sure, we aren’t mendacity. The BJP has undoubtedly received a seat within the Bangladesh elections. However, earlier than you possibly can say ‘BJP hai toh mumkin hai’, there’s a small catch. This is not Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP, however the Bangladesh Jatiya Get together, which shares the identical acronym because the ruling social gathering in India. The confusion additionally prevailed on social media, with some mistaking the lesser-known Bangladeshi social gathering as India’s BJP.
Now, because the headline has acquired you hooked to the story, this is a quick story about Bangladesh’s BJP, which is an ally of Tarique Rahman’s BNP. The BNP swept the elections on Friday, securing 209 seats, returning to energy in Bangladesh after 20 years. Tarique is anticipated to be the following prime minister.
The BJP and different allies of the BNP bagged 4 seats, taking the overall tally to 212. The BJP managed to win one seat — the Bhola-1 (Sadar) constituency within the Barisal division. The social gathering’s chief, Andaleeve Rahman Partho, a lawyer, received the seat for a second time by a margin of almost 30,000 votes. He defeated the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Nazrul Islam.
Based on official outcomes, Partho secured 1,05,543 votes whereas the Jamaat candidate bagged 75,337 votes.
WHO IS RAHMAN PARTHO?
Partho, born on April 20, 1974, is among the many younger faces of Bangladesh’s politics who rose to prominence in 2008 after profitable the Bhola-1 seat for the primary time. He was then Bangladesh’s youngest opposition chief and MP.
His father, Naziur Rahaman Manzur, was a freedom fighter who performed a distinguished position in the course of the 1971 Liberation Conflict. Later, he served as a minister and was additionally the mayor of Dhaka. He based the Bangladesh Jatiya Get together in 2001 after splitting from the Jatiya Get together.
Partho, in the meantime, grew up in Dhanmondi and went to London to pursue an LLB. He took over because the BJP chairperson after his father handed away in 2008.
Throughout campaigning forward of this yr’s elections, the primary because the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, Partho had promised rework the constituency right into a ‘Tilottama’ — a gorgeous and fashionable metropolis. He additionally promised a Bhola-Barishal bridge, a medical faculty, and the supply of family fuel connections.
Will Bangladesh’s BJP ship? Solely time will inform.
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