Rashed Khan Menon
| Rashed Khan Menon | |
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| রাশেদ খান মেনন | |
Menon in 2005
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| Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism | |
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| Born |
May 18, 1943 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse(s) | Lutfunnesa Khan Beauty |
| Father | Abdul Jabbar Khan |
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| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | politician |
Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the chairman of Workers Party of Bangladesh and a member of Jatiyo Sangsad, the parliament of Bangladesh. Menon is the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education. Rashed Khan Menon also currently serves as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Menon was born in Faridpur. Menon studied at Dhaka Collegiate School, finish in 1958. In 1960, he passed intermediate in arts group from Dhaka College. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1963 with a degree in economics. In 1964, he received his master's degree.
In the late 1960s, Menon was president of the East Pakistan Students Union faction linked to the National Awami Party of Maulana Bhasani. However, Menon differed with Maulana Bhasani when the latter accepted participation in elections in January 1970. Menon's East Pakistan Student Union launched a campaign against elections, stating that they would be merely a facade of democracy, that fair elections could not be held under martial law and that the situation was ripe for revolution. Menon built a revolutionary Maoist organisation along with Kazi Zafar Ahmed. The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union.
Menon contested the 1973 Bangladeshi parliamentary election as a NAP (Bhasani) candidate. He did not win any seat, and afterward he complained that the Awami League government had used unfair methods to win the election.
Menon was elected to parliament in 1979. In 1990, he played a leading role in the mass struggle that toppled the Hossain Mohammad Ershad regime. In 1991, he was again elected to parliament. In 1991, Menon, as a Workers Party of Bangladesh parliamentarian, submitted four demands for constitutional amendments in the parliament. These demands and others were submitted to a 15-member constitutional review committee, in which Menon was included. After 29 meetings, the committee submitted a unanimous report to the parliament.
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