Omor Faruk Chowdhury

Sheikh Omor Faruque (শেখ ওমর ফারুক) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Rajshahi-1.

Sheikh Omor Faruque
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Early life

Faruque was born on 3 March 1963. He has a LLB degree.[1]

Career

Faruque was elected to Parliament from Rajshahi-1 in 2008 and on 5 January 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] He was sent a show cause notice by the Bangladesh Election Commission on April 2016 for violating electoral code by supporting candidates in local elections.[3] He is a former State Minister of Industries. He was accused by a Prothom Alo report on 15 January 2018 of being involved in the drug trade.[4] He denied the allegations in a rejoinder to the Prothom Alo. The Prothom Alo replied the report was based on a report by the Ministry of Home Affairs on the Drug Trade in Rajshahi.[5]

References
  1. "Sheikh Omor Faruque Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. "Sheikh Omor Faruque History". Amarmp. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. "EC issues show-cause notice to Rajshahi-1 MP Sheikh Omor Faruque". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. Azad, Abul Kalam Muhammad. "AL MP patronising drug trade!". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. "AL MP protests at drug trading report". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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