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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar
| native_name = {{lang|bn|আ ক ম বাহাউদ্দিন বাহার}}
| office = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| term_start = January 2009
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Redwan Ahmed]]
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| primeminister =
| constituency = [[Comilla-6]]
| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|28 February 1954}}
| birth_place = [[Comilla]], [[East Pakistan]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|residence = [[Comilla]]
|nationality = Bangladeshi
| image =
}}

'''A. K. M. Bahauddin Bahar''' ({{lang-bn|আ ক ম বাহাউদ্দিন বাহার}})' is a [[Awami League]] politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from [[Comilla-6]].

==Early life==
Bahauddin was born on 28 February 1954. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree.<ref>{{cite web |title=A.K.M. Bahauddin Biography |url=https://www.amarmp.com/mp/704/biography |website=Amarmp |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
Bahauddin was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Comilla-6 as a candidate of Awami League. He had received 126 thousand votes while his nearest competitor, Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid Yeasin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 102 thousand votes.<ref name=":0" /> He served in the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Social Welfare.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-08-17|title=Probe NGOs' patronage of militancy|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-101934|access-date=2021-05-06|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Bahauddin was elected to parliament from [[Comilla-6]] in 2014 as a candidate of Awami League.<ref>{{cite web |title=A.K.M. Bahauddin History |url=https://www.amarmp.com/mp/704/history |website=Amarmp |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> He had received 59 thousand votes while his nearest competitor, Director-FBCCI Masud Parvez Khan Imran who stood as an Independent candidate received 38 thousand votes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Electoral Area Result Statistics|url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=289/year=0|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref> The general election was boycotted by all major parties and Awami League had won majority of the seats uncontested.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh's 10th general election ends in chaos|url=https://www.dw.com/en/bangladeshs-10th-general-election-ends-in-chaos/g-17342525|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-06|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506054251/https://www.dw.com/en/bangladeshs-10th-general-election-ends-in-chaos/g-17342525 |archive-date=2021-05-06 }}</ref>

On 15 October 2014, Bahauddin sued three staff members of [[Independent Television (Bangladesh)|Independent TV]] and its owner [[Salman F Rahman]]. He filed a case over a report on 29 September 2014 titled ''Several ministers, MPs patrons of BNP-Jamaat misdeeds''.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL MP sues Salman F Rahman, 3 other Independent TV staff |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/10/15/al-mp-sues-salman-f-rahman-3-other-independent-tv-staff |access-date=2 August 2018 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Independent TV chairman, 3 others sued |url=http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/55139/Independent-TV-chairman-3-others-sued |access-date=2 August 2018 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref>

On 10 May 2015, supports of Bahauddin and Mujibul Haque Mujib clashed in the Comilla Town hall resulting in the death of one activist of [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-04-13|title=BCL leader killed in Comilla infighting|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bcl-leader-killed-comilla-infighting-77153|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Members of the Awami League secretariat called for official action against Bahauddin over his role in the [[Comilla City Corporation]] poll in April 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Comilla Polls Defeat: AL secys want action against ministers, MP |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/comilla-polls-defeat-al-secys-want-action-against-ministers-mp-1385572 |access-date=2 August 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=3 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He had refused to work for the Awami League candidate of mayor, Anjum Sultana Sima, as he was a rival of her father, Afzal Khan. [[Monirul Haque Sakku]], candidate of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]], defeated [[Anjum Sultana Sima]] in the election as a result of Awami League's internal conflicts.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-04-01|title=Comilla Mayoral Polls: AL's defeat 'caused by infighting'|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/defeat-comilla-city-polls-als-internal-conflict-played-big-role-1384552|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Bahauddin served in the parliamentary standing committee on commerce. The committee recommended that the [[Trading Corporation of Bangladesh]] should select dealers through the recommendation of Members of Parliament. Bahauddin stated that dealers who were appointed on the recommendation of Members of Parliament that "acted properly".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-10-25|title=Select TCB dealers as per MPs' advice|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/select-tcb-dealers-mps-advice-1481317|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Bahauddin was re-elected to Parliament from Comilla-6 in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League in a landslide. He had received 296 thousand votes while is closest rival, Md Aminur Rashid of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, had received 18 thousand votes.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-14|title=Get 11th Bangladesh National Election 2018 Results|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/results|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Bahauddin request Comilla District administration to demolish Birchandra Ganapathagar (also known as Cumilla Town Hall) and replace it with a modern structure. The Daily Star was critical of the decision and described the 135 year old town hall as "historic".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-09-11|title=A witness of history facing demolition|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/witness-history-facing-demolition-1959489|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He is an advisor to the town hall. Following protests of the decision the [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Cultural Affairs]] called for a mass hearing to decide the fate of the town hall.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-19|title=Hearing on acquisition of Cumilla Town Hall today|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/hearing-acquisition-cumilla-town-hall-today-2013725|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Anjum Sultana Sima, Member of Parliament from reserved seat, blamed Bahauddin for instigating the demolition of the town hall.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-22|title=‘I will go to court to save town hall’|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/i-will-go-court-save-town-hall-2015265|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> His supporters crowded the mass hearing and left no room for citizens to participate on 20 December 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-20|title=Cumilla Town Hall’s Heritage Site Status: Public hearing or political gathering?|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/cumilla-town-halls-heritage-site-status-public-hearing-or-political-gathering-2014225|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Bahauddin threatened the deputy director of [[Department of Environment (Bangladesh)|Department of Environment]] in [[Comilla District]], Shawkat Ara Kol, after she had inspected a site of [[Roads and Highways Department|Roads and Highway Department]] for environmental impact. She had also issued notices to contractors of the Roads and Highway Department.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-24|title=Cumilla MP threatens DoE official for action against hill-cutting|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/cumilla-mp-threatens-doe-official-action-against-hill-cutting-2016593|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-24|title=Comilla MP threatens DoE official over hill-cutting report|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/12/24/comilla-mp-furious-over-doe-official-s-hill-cutting-report|access-date=2021-05-06|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=MP Bahar threatens DoE official for report against hill-cutting|url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/post/257595|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-06|work=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Comilla Victoria Government College alumni]]
[[Category:1954 births]]

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