Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky
Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky | |
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| Born | 26 February 1970 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sharmin Siddiky |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Education | M.A. in History and Economics |
| Alma mater | State University of New York at Stony Brook |
Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky is a Bangladeshi urban sociologist, historian, politician and anti-corruption activist.[1]
Early life[edit]
Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky was born in 1970 in one of Bangladesh's oldest landed feudal aristocratic families.[2] His grandfather was the Zamindar of Baliadi, a hamlet near Dhaka in the Gazipur District of Bangladesh.[3] He is the son of Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky, the founding treasurer of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the former State Minister for Commerce. He is the great-grandson of Khan Bahadur Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky, the co-founder of the Assam-Bengal Muslim League during the British rule and one of the founders of the University of Dhaka[2][3]
Education[edit]
Siddiky attended the St. Paul's School, Darjeeling,[4] the oldest Anglican private school in Asia.[5] He received his bachelor's degree in History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook[6] and his master's degree in Economics from the University of Iowa in the United States.
Political career[edit]
Siddiky was a candidate for the Mayor of Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital city. In 2009 and 2012, Siddiky ran for the Mayor of Dhaka[7] as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 2015 he contested the elections for the Mayor of Dhaka North.[8]
Controversy[edit]
In2009 at a press conference to announce his candidature, Siddiky alleged chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist party and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, had asked for a bribe of 5 million taka[1] for the ticket to run for the Mayor of Dhaka. The press conference resulted in the expulsion of Irad Siddiky and his father Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky, the founding treasurer of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Irad Siddiky's vow to fight against corruption by dynastic political parties in Bangladesh resulted in lawsuits[9] against him. In 2009 a prominent army officer turned politician filed a defamation lawsuit of five million taka against Siddiky[10] after he made allegations of corruption against Khaleda Zia.
In 2016, when Siddiky wrote in the Facebook about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ‘It is not possible to bring back democracy and balance of power in Bangladesh without assassinating Sheikh Hasina’ .[11] Bangladesh Awami Leaguue politicians filed sedition and defamation lawsuits against him in courts in four districts of Bangladesh.[12]
Publications[edit]
- The Compromised Republic: An Inquiry Into the Development Of Underdevelopment. Oriental Publishers, India. 2003. (subscription required). Search this book on
- "Mahatma Gandhi and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Strategic Civil Disobedience and Great Britain's Great Loss of Empire in India". SSRN 937148. (subscription required).
- "Mythologized Juridical Unconscious and the Juridification of Manifest Criminality". SSRN 1013090. (subscription required).
- "Fantasm of Permanence and the Monologic of Empire". (subscription required).
- "Gendered Eurocentric Islamophobia and the Western Media". (subscription required).
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Khaleda demands Tk 5 crore for party backing; Claims mayor aspirant Irad Siddiky Tuesday, March 10, 2009 The Daily Star
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Siddiky, Kazemuddin Ahmad". banglapedia.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Taifur, Muhammad, "A History of Dhaka", Dhaka, University Press Ltd, 1994, pp. 76
- ↑ Dr. Viraj P. Thacker. "The Darjeeling District: A Standing Legacy!". gms81.blogspot.nl.
- ↑ "St pauls school darjeeling :: Educationworld.in". Educationworld.in.
- ↑ Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky. "9843207830, 9789843207830: The Compromised Republic An Inquiry into the Development of Underdevelopment 1st Edition: - 洋書 : Printsasia.co.jp". printsasia.co.jp.
- ↑ "The Daily Janakantha". dailyjanakantha.com.
- ↑ "Annisul Huq ahead in Dhaka North". bdnews24.com.
- ↑ "Court orders Irad's arrest in Tk 50cr case". bdnews24.com.
- ↑ "BBCBangla - খবর - বিএনপি নেতার মানহানি মামলা". bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "'Death threat' to PM : Four cases filed against Tanvir Siddiqui's son". New Age. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ↑ "Irad Siddiky charged for threatening PM on FB". dhakatribune.com.
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