Manu Majumdar

Manu Majumdar (14 August 1959 – 21 May 2024) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-1 constituency from 2019 to 2024.^[1]

Manu Majumder
মানু মজুমদার
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Netrokona-1
In office 30 January 2019 – 7 January 2024
Preceded by	Chhabi Biswas
Succeeded by	Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi
Personal details
Born	(1959-08-14)14 August 1959 Kishoreganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Died	22 May 2024(2024-05-22) (aged 64) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Awami League

Background

Majumdar was born on 14 August 1959.^[2] He was the brother-in-law of the previous member of parliament, Chhabi Bishwas, from Netrokona-1.^[3] Majumdar died in Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bengaluru, India on 21 May 2024, at the age of 64.^[4]

Career

Majumdar hailing from Kishoreganj, Dhaka was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as an Awami League candidate 30 December 2018 and later became a voter of Netrokona afterward.^[1] He received 249,738 votes while his nearest rival, Kaiser Kamal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 16,332 votes.^[5] His nomination was protested by Awami League supporters who described him as an "outsider".^[3]