Rashes khan menon biography for kids

Bangladeshi politician (born )

Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May )^[3] is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-2, Dhaka-8 and Bakerganj-9 constituencies. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education.^[4][5] Earlier, he served as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.^[6]

Early life

Menon was born in Faridpur. He studied at Dhaka Collegiate School, finish in In , he passed intermediate in arts group from Dhaka College. He graduated from Dhaka University in with a degree in economics. In , he received his master's degree.^[3]

In the late s, Menon was president of the East Pakistan Students Union faction linked to the National Awami Party of Maulana Bhasani. However, he differed with Maulana Bhasani when the latter accepted participation in elections in January Menon's East Pakistan Student Union launched a campaign against elections, stating that they would be merely a facade of democracy, that fair elections could not be held under martial law and that the situation was ripe for revolution.^[7] He built a revolutionary Maoist organisation along with Kazi Zafar Ahmed. The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union.^[8]

Menon contested the Bangladeshi parliamentary election as a NAP (Bhasani) candidate. He did not win any seat, and afterward he complained that the Awami League government had used unfair methods to win the election.^[9]

Career

Menon was elected to parliament in In , he played a leading role in the mass struggle that toppled the Hossain Mohammad Ershad regime. In , he was again elected to parliament.^[3] In , he, as a Workers Party of Bangladesh parliamentarian, submitted four demands for constitutional amendments in the parliament. These demands and others were submitted to a member constitutional review committee, in which he was included. After 29 meetings, the committee submitted a unanimous report to the parliament.^[10]

On 17 August , Menon survived a violent near-fatal attack. Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Workers Party office, injuring Menon.^{[citation needed]}

Bangladesh Workers’ Party of Menon joined the party alliance led by Awami League and participated in the national election. They also participated in the national election which was boycotted by the main opposition party BNP. Menon was appointed as the minister of civil aviation and tourism. Menon, once rose a strong voice against authoritarian West Pakistani regime.

On 22 August , after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina, Menon was arrested from Gulshan area in Dhaka.^[11] While attending a hearings both Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu were assaulted by lawyers at the court premises.^[12]

After the investigation, the anti-corruption commission of Bangladesh found that Menon had accumulated crore BDT ( Billion USD) worth of wealth through corruption.[1]

Family

Menon's father, Abdul Jabbar Khan, hailed from Khudrakathi village, in Babuganj Upazila, Barisal.^[3] Menon is closely related to several prominent Bangladeshi personalities. His father was the speaker of the Pakistani National Assembly. His siblings include journalist and columnist Sadek Khan, architect Sultan M. Khan, Alan Khan, a photographer in Sydney, poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah, former minister Selima Rahman, journalist and ambassador to Burma A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan and the publisher of New Age Shahidullah Khan Badal.^[13]

Menon is married to Lutfun Nessa Khan.^[3] She is elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member at the 11th Parliament from the reserved women's seat representing the Workers Party of Bangladesh.^[14][15]

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