Bangladesh Freedom Party

Bangladesh Freedom Party
Chairman Sayd Tarik Rahman

Bangladesh Freedom Party is a party founded by Captain (later Lt. Colonel) Kandaker Abdur Rashid, Colonel Sayed Farook Rahman and Major Bazlul Huda the chief conspirators of the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975.

1990- present

The party, according to 1997 UNHRC report, kept a low profile,[1] but currently has an active social network presence.[2]

According to the Bangladesh Police, from 2000 onwards, Mehnaz Rashid, daughter of Kandaker Abdur Rashid, had been involved in reorganising Freedom Party. She contested the parliamentary polls in 2001 and 2008 from Chandina of Comilla on Freedom Party ticket.[3]

In 2009, Mehnaz Rashid was arrested by police, along with Kamrul Haque Swapan, younger brother of Major (retd) Shariful Haq Dalim for suspected links to a bomb attack on Awami League lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh.[4]

The party's current chairman is Colonel Farook’s son Sayd Tarik Rahman, who lives in Sydney. Since taking up the post of Chairman, Tarik has been actively involved in registering the Party for the 2010 elections, however since the situation turned volatile after the incumbent Awami league came to power he had to leave Bangladesh to save his life and from imprisonment. Tarik since set up the base for the development and promotion of the Party aims, objectives and activities by utilising the benefits of the popular social network site.

References

  1. ↑ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Bangladesh: Information on the current status of the Freedom Party (Maijdee), including whether there were any reports that members faced any problems in 1996 and 1997". Refworld. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  2. ↑ "Freedom Party Bangladesh". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh Today: Khandaker Mehnaz Rashid, daughter of Lt Col (retd) Rashid arrested for blast link". bd2day.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  4. ↑ "Col Rashid's daughter held for blast link". The Daily Star. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
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