Children Unknown Spouse Laila Siddiqui Website Awami League Party Bangladesh Awami League | Name Abdul Siddiqui Residence Dhaka, Bangladesh Role Politician | |
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Full Name Abdul Latif Siddiqui Born 1943 Tangail Political party Bangladesh Awami League | ||
স্বতন্ত্র প্রার্থী হয়ে নির্বাচনের ঘোষণা লতিফ সিদ্দিকীর | Abdul Latif Siddiqui | Somoy TV
Abdul Latif Siddiqui is a Bangladeshi politician.
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নির্বাচন থেকে সরে দাঁড়ালেন লতিফ সিদ্দিকী, কিন্তু কেন? -জানালেন নিজেই | Abdul Latif Siddiqui
Career
He served as a member of the Parliament of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from Tangail-4 constituency. He resigned on 1 September 2015.
He was the former Jute and Textiles Minister of the Bangladesh Government from 2009 to 2013. In January 2014, Abdul Latif Siddiqui was made the Posts and Telecommunications along with Information Communication Technology Minister in the 10th cabinet. On 30 September 2014, he was sacked from his ministerial post and the cabinet after his criticism of the Muslim pilgrimage of Haj triggered protests by Islamists who declared him an apostate and set a 24-hour deadline to replace him.
Controversy
In March 2014, Siddiqui was reported by media to have beaten a PDB engineer with a stick, leaving him severely injured. In September 2014, Siddiqui was widely criticised for his remarks criticising the Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, and the Islamic organisation, the Tabligh Jamaat, leading to strong calls for his removal from the cabinet.