Anupam Shahjahan Joy
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anupam Shahjahan Joy
| native_name = অনুপম শাহজাহান জয়
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = Tangail-8
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start = 30 January 2024
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| predecessor = Joaherul Islam
| term_start1 = 29 March 2014
| term_end1 = 29 January 2019
| predecessor1 = Shawkat Momen Shahjahan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|04|10|df=y}}
| party = Awami League
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}
Anupam Shahjahan Joy (born 10 April 1985){{cite news|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/member-profile/012013701/anupam-shahjahan-joy|title=Member profile|accessdate=2024-10-21|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-8 constituency.{{Cite news |title=28 seek AL, BNP tickets as Kader eyes EC nod |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/174766 |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}{{Cite news |date=2018-03-06 |title=No power during state minister of power's speech |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/03/06/no-power-state-minister-powers-speech?__cf_chl_managed_tk__=pmd_JbtGHhWkZ7U_.OQwSRE7KiLEQdjVlPirXRxWoqCOqzU-1630395032-0-gqNtZGzNAxCjcnBszQzl |access-date=2021-08-31 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}{{Cite news |title=NCC poll will be fair, neutral and peaceful: Agriculture Minister |url=https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/ncc-poll-will-be-fair-neutral-and-peaceful-agriculture-minister-77452 |access-date=2024-07-11 | date=16 January 2022 |website=bangladeshpost.net |language=en}}
Early life
Joy's father, Shawkat Momen Shahjahan, was an Awami League politician and a member of parliament.{{Cite news |title=Tangail-8 by-polls end, counting on |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/tangail-8-by-polls-end-counting-on |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}
Career
Joy was elected to parliament from Tangail-8 by-elections on 29 March 2014 as a candidate of the Awami League.{{cite news |date=22 April 2014 |title=Anupam sworn in as Tangail-8 MP |language=en |work=The Daily Star |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/anupam-sworn-in-as-tangail-8-mp-21076 |accessdate=22 March 2018}} The by-elections were called after the death of the incumbent member of parliament for Tangail-8 and Joy's father, Shaukat Momen Shahjahan, on 20 January 2014. The election Commission cancelled the candidature of Kader Siddiqui ahead of the election. He was the youngest elected member of parliament at that time.{{Cite news |date=2018-11-22 |title=Tangail 8 constituency: Political scenario changes as Kader Siddique joins Oikya Front |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/11/22/tangail-8-constituency-political-scenario-changes-as-kader-siddique-joins-jatiya-oikya-front |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
In September 2016, two teenage high schoolers were sentenced to two years imprisonment by a mobile court for writing against Joy on Facebook.{{cite news |date=19 October 2016 |title=Threatening MP on FB: Mobile court verdict illegal |language=en |work=The Daily Star |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/threatening-mp-fb-mobile-court-verdict-illegal-1300705 |accessdate=22 March 2018}} In October 2016, Bangladesh High Court nullified the sentenced and ordered an inquiry into the allegations that the boys were tortured by Joy, the officer in charge of the local police station, and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer.{{Cite news |date=2016-09-27 |title=Tangail boy jailed for possessing narcotics |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/narcotics-cause-jailing-tangail-boy-hc-told-1290514 |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
On 23 February 2017, Joy was attended the free healthcare camp of the Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society which provided free treatment to three thousand patients in his constituency.{{Cite news |title=3,000 patients get free treatment in Tangail |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/207642/3000-patients-get-free-treatment-in-Tangail |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}}
In January 2018, a fraction of Bangladesh Chattra League, backed by Joy, rejected the newly formed Sakhipur Upazila Committee and called a strike following which the committee was dissolved.{{Cite news |title=BCL suspends Sakhipur upazila committee after half-day hartal |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/33489/article/index.php |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=New Age |language=en}} Joy did not receive the Awami League nomination in 2018 which went to Joaherul Islam Joaher.{{Cite news |last=Bashar |first=Reazul |title=Awami League chooses new faces for upcoming election |url=https://bdnews24.com/11thparliamentaryelection/awami-league-chooses-new-faces-for-upcoming-election |access-date=2023-07-28 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}
In January 2024, Anupam Shahjahan Joy has been elected in Tangail-8 constituency in the 12th general election as a candidate of the Awami League.{{Cite web |title=Kader Siddique defeated by AL candidate Anupam Joy in Tangail-8 |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/kader-siddique-defeated-by-al-candidate-anupam-joy-in-tangail-8 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}
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Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members
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