Abdul Motaleb

Abdul Motaleb (born 2 April 1953)^[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament for Chittagong-15.

Abdul Motaleb
আব্দুল মোতালেব
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Chittagong-15
In office 30 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin
Personal details
Born	(1953-04-02) 2 April 1953 (age 72)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Bangladesh Awami League

Career

Motaleb was elected member of Jatiya Sangsad from Chittagong-15 as an independent candidate on the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.^[2][3] He received 85,628 votes while his nearest rival, Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi of the Awami League, received 39,252 votes.^[4] Previously he served as the Upazila Chairman of Satkania Upazila. Currently, he is serving as the president of Satkania Upazila Awami League.^{[citation needed]}

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, a mob led by convener of the Pallabi unit of the Students Against Discrimination Shekh Tarek Jamil Taj broke into his house in Mohakhali DOHS.^[5] The misbehaved with the Mirpur DOHS Parishad leaders and ignored police orders to leave the house.^[5] This happened soon after two leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were killed in mob lynching in Satkania where they had been looting businesses owned by Awami League leaders.^[6] The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders were armed with weapons looted from police stations during the movement against Hasina.^[7]