Parmod Chand
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Parmod Chand (sometimes known as Pramod Chand) (born 1955 or 1956) is a Fijian politician and former member of the Parliament of Fiji. He is a member of the National Federation Party (NFP).
Background and family life
Chand was born in Labasa on Vanua Levu.{{cite web |url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2017/01/26/parmod-chand-ready-for-new-role/ |title=Parmod Chand Ready for New Role |publisher=Fiji Sun |author=Shratika Naidu |date=26 January 2017 |accessdate=18 October 2018}} His father was NFP politician Vishnu Prasad. He worked as a businessman and sugarcane farmer, and ran a bus company.{{cite web |url=http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=21092 |title=Too many public service vehicles says bus owner |publisher=Radio Fiji |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717084606/http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=21092 |archive-date=2011-07-17 }} He has served as president of the Fiji Bus Operators Association.{{cite web |url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2016/09/11/all-stakeholders-to-work-for-a-common-goal-fboa/ |title=All Stakeholders To Work For A Common Goal: FBOA |publisher=Fiji Sun |author=Ashna Kumar |date=11 September 2016 |access-date=18 October 2018}}
Chand is also a pastor for the Assemblies of God church in Labasa.{{cite web |url=http://nfpfiji.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Parmod-view.pdf |title=Parmod Chand |publisher=National Federation Party |date= |accessdate=18 October 2018}}
Political career
Chand served on the Labasa town council between 1992 and 1996. He was first elected to the House of Representatives of Fiji in the 1994 general election, winning the Macuata East Indian Communal Constituency for the NFP. He contested the Macuata East Open Constituency in the 1999 and 2006 elections, losing on both occasions by large margins.
In January 2006, Pramod Chand as the NFP's Senior Vice-President condemned the Fiji Labour Party for offering support to the Military to depose the government. "The FLP is now trying to return to power not through the ballot box but by the barrel of the gun," he said. He called the call "treasonous" and "treachery of the highest order", and called for a police investigation into public statements from the FLP's President, Jokapeci Koroi.[http://www.answers.com/topic/reaction-to-the-2005-2006-fijian-political-crisis Reaction to the 2005-2006 Fijian political crisis]
When elections were restored after the 2006 Fijian coup d'état he contested the 2014 election for the NFP, winning 1014 votes.{{cite web |url=https://www.feo.org.fj/media-centre/publications-2/past-elections-reports/2014-general-elections/2014-general-elections-results/ |title=2014 election official results |publisher=Fiji Elections Office |date= |access-date=18 October 2018}} This was not enough to secure election, but he re-entered parliament in 2017 following the resignation of former NFP MP Tupou Draunidalo.{{cite web |url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2017/03/21/chand-vows-to-fight-for-issues-of-the-north/ |title=Chand vows to fight for issues of the north |publisher=Fiji Sun |author=Arieta Vakasukawaqa |date=21 March 2017 |access-date=18 October 2018}}
In December 2017 Chand was questioned by police over allegations of sedition,{{cite web |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/345987/police-questioning-of-fiji-opposition-mp-condemned |title=Police questioning of Fiji opposition MP condemned |publisher=RNZI |date=12 December 2017 |access-date=18 October 2018}} however no charges were laid.{{cite web |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/349968/fiji-director-of-prosecutions-finds-no-grounds-for-charges-against-mp |title=Fiji Director of Prosecutions finds no grounds for charges against MP |publisher=RNZI |date=8 February 2018 |accessdate=18 October 2018}}
Chand stood as a candidate in the 2018 election{{cite web |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Chand-does-not-want-two-men-govt-while-Sayed-Khaiyum-wants-people-to-see-what-Fiji-has-achieved-rk95s2 |title=Chand does not want two men govt while Sayed-Khaiyum wants people to see what Fiji has achieved |publisher=Fiji Village |date=25 October 2018 |access-date=28 December 2022}} but gained only 864 votes and was not re-elected. He stood again at the 2022 election, winning 1857 votes,{{cite web |url=https://2022results.feo.org.fj/Home/CandidateResults?Id=311&CandidateBallotNumber=483&Year=2022+Official |title=Parmod Chand (483) |publisher=Fijian Elections Office |access-date=28 December 2022}} but again missed out on re-election.
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