Monirul Haque Sakku

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monirul Haque Takku
মনিরুল হক সাক্কু
1st Mayor of Comilla
Assumed office
5 January 2012
Preceded byAfzal Khan
Personal details
BornComilla, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Spouse(s)Afroza Jasmine
Children1 daughter
ResidenceComilla
OccupationPolitician

Monirul Haque Sakku is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician[1] and the first and incumbent mayor of the Cumilla City Corporation.[2][3][4] On 13 December 2021, he has been relieved from BNP national executive committee for breaching party discipline.[5]

Career[]

On 7 January 2008, Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh) sued Sakku and his wife for illegal wealth. He was charged on 4 February 2016 but his wife's, Afroza Jasmine, was dropped. On 22 November 2017 a trial court found him innocent of all charges.[6]

On 5 January 2012, Sakku was elected Mayor of Comilla on a nomination of Citizens Committee. He is a former President of Comilla City unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He had been expelled from the Party.[7]

Sakku was nominated by Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the Mayoral election in Comilla in 2017.[8] He was re-elected Mayor on 31 March 2017. A correspondent of The Daily Star reported seeing some activists of Awami League stuff ballots for their candidate.[9] His candidacy was supported by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Independent TV chairman, 3 others sued". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. ^ কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র নির্বাচিত হলেন মনিরুল হক সাক্কু. bangla.irib.ir (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  3. ^ "Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  4. ^ "monirul haque sakku mayor comilla city". mediander.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  5. ^ Developer), Md Ashequl Morsalin Ibne Kamal(Team Leader)| Niloy Saha(Sr Web Developer)| Shohana Afroz(Web Developer)| Jobayer Hossain(Web. "Cumilla city mayor Sakku relieved from BNP's executive committee". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  6. ^ "Comilla city mayor Sakku gets clean chit in graft case". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  7. ^ "Comilla votes Sakku to victory". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  8. ^ "BNP nominates Monirul Haque Sakku for Comilla City Corporation election". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  9. ^ "BNP's Monirul wins Comilla city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  10. ^ "Think Jamaat is finished? Think again". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2020-07-10.


This article about a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""