Veteran politician and senior leader of theBangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP), Nitai Roy Chowdhury, was sworn in as a minister on Tuesday as the new government took office in Bangladesh. A prominent member of the Hindu community, his induction into the 50-member cabinet is being seen as a significant moment for minority representation in the BNP-led administration.
The new cabinet comprises 25 ministers, 24 state ministers and three technocrats. Senior leaders including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud (Tuku) and Major (retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed also took oath as cabinet members, according to Prothamalo.
Chowdhury was among four minority community candidates who won in the election, including two Hindu leaders, the other being Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, who won from a Dhaka seat. He was elected from the Magura-2 constituency, securing 1,47,896 votes and defeating Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Mustarshid Billah, who received 1,17,018 votes, according to BSS news.
India was represented at the ceremony by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, signalling engagement with the new government.
Nitai Roy Chowdhury is a seasoned Bangladeshi politician and lawyer who has played an active role in national politics for decades. Born on January 7, 1949, in Hatbaria village of Mohammadpur in Magura district, he completed his schooling at Alokdia Pukhuria High School and Magura Government College before graduating from the University of Dhaka. He later entered the legal profession.
Chowdhury began his political journey with Chhatra Union during his student life. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from the Magura-2 constituency in the 1988 Fourth National Parliament Election on a Jatiya Party ticket, according to tritiyomatra.com. During that period, he served as Chairman of the Magura District Council with ministerial rank and later held positions as State Minister in the Ministries of Education, Youth and Sports, and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. He also served as Youth and Sports Minister from September 9, 1990 to December 6, 1990.
After the fall of the HM Ershad government, Chowdhury joined the BNP and gradually rose. He served as a vice president of the BNP and is regarded as a senior advisor and strategist to the party’s top leadership. He is also a member of the BNP’s highest policy-making standing committee.
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