BJP wins 1 seat in Bangladesh elections. But, there's a catch
India Today
The BJP has won the Bhola-1 (Sadar) constituency in the Barisal division in Bangladesh. Since the headline has got you hooked to the story, read on to find out how.
Yes, we are not lying. The BJP has definitely won a seat in the Bangladesh elections. But, before you can say 'BJP hai toh mumkin hai', there is a small catch. This isn't Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP, but the Bangladesh Jatiya Party, which shares the same acronym as the ruling party in India. The confusion also prevailed on social media, with some mistaking the lesser-known Bangladeshi party as India's BJP.
Now, since the headline has got you hooked to the story, here's a brief story about Bangladesh's BJP, which is an ally of Tarique Rahman's BNP. The BNP swept the elections on Friday, securing 209 seats, returning to power in Bangladesh after two decades. Tarique is expected to be the next prime minister.
The BJP and other allies of the BNP bagged 4 seats, taking the total tally to 212. The BJP managed to win one seat -- the Bhola-1 (Sadar) constituency in the Barisal division. The party's chief, Andaleeve Rahman Partho, a lawyer, won the seat for a second time by a margin of nearly 30,000 votes. He defeated the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Nazrul Islam.
According to official results, Partho secured 1,05,543 votes while the Jamaat candidate bagged 75,337 votes.
Partho, born on April 20, 1974, is among the young faces of Bangladesh's politics who rose to prominence in 2008 after winning the Bhola-1 seat for the first time. He was then Bangladesh's youngest opposition leader and MP.
His father, Naziur Rahaman Manzur, was a freedom fighter who played a prominent role during the 1971 Liberation War. Later, he served as a minister and was also the mayor of Dhaka. He founded the Bangladesh Jatiya Party in 2001 after splitting from the Jatiya Party.
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