Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju
রাজিউদ্দিন আহমেদ রাজু
Raju in 2020
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Narsingdi-5
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 July 1996
Preceded by	Abdul Ali Mridha
Minister of Labour and Employment
In office 16 September 2012 – 24 January 2014
Preceded by	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Minister for Posts and Telecommunications
In office January 2009 – 16 September 2012
Succeeded by	Sahara Khatun
Personal details
Born	2 February 1944 Narsingdi, Bengal Province, British India
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju (born 2 February 1944) is a Awami League politician. He is a former Posts and Telecommunications Minister, and Labour and Employment Minister. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-5 constituency.

Early life

Raju was born on 2 February 1944. He has a B.A. degree.

Career

Raju was elected to the parliament in 1996 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He received 75,672 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 61,862 votes.

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2001 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He received 117,096 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 99,509 votes.

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2008 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He received 93,746 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 66,942 votes.

In January 2009, Raju was appointed the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications.

Raju's brother, Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, was accused in the murder of a former mayor of Narsingdi, who was killed on 1 November 2011. Raju was in Geneva at the time of the murder. After he returned to Bangladesh he held a 15 minute with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The meeting was also attended by three other Awami League members of Parliament representing Narsingdi District, Anwarul Ashraf Khan, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, and Zahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan. Prime Minister requested him to prove his brother's innocence after the meeting.

On 16 September 2012, Raju was replaced by Sahara Khatun as the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications. Raju was then appointed the Minister of Labour and Employment.

On 3 January 2013, Raju was dropped from the Presidium Council of Awami League. On 15 July 2013, Raju placed the Labour Law (amendment 2006)-2013 in parliament which was then passed by the treasury bench. Raju was removed from the cabinet of Bangladesh on 21 November 2013.

Raju was not included in the Third Sheikh Hasina cabinet formed after general elections on 12 January 2014.

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2014 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He was elected unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties.

Raju was elected to the parliament in 2018 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He had received 2,94,484 votes while his nearest rival, Md Ashraf Uddin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 20,431 votes.

Personal life

Raju's wife, Umme Salema Begum, is the principal of Udayan Higher Secondary School.

Raju was hospitalised at Samorita Hospital on 18 March 2013 after falling ill during a meeting of the Cabinet of Bangladesh.