Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad
| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = 30 December 2008
| term_end = 24 January 2014
| predecessor = Dewan Salauddin Babu
| successor = Md. Enamur Rahaman
|constituency = Dhaka-19
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|23 August 1971}}
| birth_place = Ashulia, Savar Upazila, Dhaka, East Pakistan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| father = Mohammad Anwar Jung Talukdar
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| native_name = তালুকদার মোহাম্মদ তৌহিদ জং মুরাদ
| native_name_lang = bn
}}
Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung ({{langx|bn|তালুকদার মোহাম্মদ তৌহিদ জং}}; born 23 August 1971), also known by his nick name Murad is a Bangladesh Awami League Politician and Former Member of Parliament from Dhaka-19. He was a Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Bangladesh).
Early life
Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad was born on 23 August 1971 in Dhaka. His father, Mohammad Anwar Jung Talukdar, belonged to the Bengali Muslim Jung family which descended from a line of hereditary aristocratic Taluqdars. His mother, Syeda Lutfun Nahar, belonged to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds, claiming ancestry back to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.{{cite web|script-title=bn:হলফনামা|url=http://119.40.90.133/asset/files/26/260001920174N.pdf|website=Bangladesh Election Commission|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928085150/http://119.40.90.133/asset/files/26/260001920174N.pdf}}
Career
Murad Jung was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Dhaka-19 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate acquiring 2,82,412 votes.{{cite news |title=AL names candidates for JS polls |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/11/30/al-names-candidates-for-js-polls |access-date=24 December 2018 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=30 November 2013}}
Criticism
In 2013, Savar's Rana Plaza collapses, killing more than a thousand because of poor architecture and low quality building materials. Murad Jung tries to keep Sohel Rana, the owner of that plaza safe.{{Cite news |date=2015-03-23 |title=CID has not yet given the charge sheet, when will the guilty be judged? |url=https://www.dailysangram.com/?post=185213-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87- |access-date=2015-04-23 |language=bn-GB}} {{Cite news |date=2013-04-29 |title=Murad Jung could not come to the Prime Minister |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article619419.bdnews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928090356/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article619419.bdnews |access-date=2013-04-29 |archive-date=28 September 2019 |language=bn-GB}}
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Category:Awami League politicians
Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:People from Savar Upazila
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