Moni Swapan Dewan
𑄟𑄧𑄚𑄨𑄥𑄧𑄛𑄧𑄚𑄴 𑄘𑄬𑄃𑄮𑄠𑄚𑄴
Deputy Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
In office
10 October 2001 â€“ 29 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byPost created
Succeeded byIftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Member of Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 â€“ 29 October 2006
Preceded byDipankar Talukdar[1]
Succeeded byDipankar Talukdar[2]
ConstituencyRangamati
Personal details
Born (1954-05-18) May 18, 1954
Rangamati, East Bengal, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ResidenceRangamati

Moni Swapan Dewan (born 18 May 1954) alias Major Rajesh is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, ethnic Chakma, and a former member of parliament from the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[3][4] He is also the former deputy minister for Hill Tracts Affairs.[5]

He started his career as a guerilla leader for the Shanti Bahini, the armed wing of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti.[6][7][8]

Career

Moni Swapan was a member of the Shanti Bahini during the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict and was known as Major Rajesh.[6] He is accused of committing a massacre of settler Bengalis in the Rangamati district in 1984.[7][6]

Dewan denies the charges.[7]

Moni Swapan Dewan was appointed the Deputy Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs in the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[9] He called for the recognition of ethnic minority in the constitution of Bangladesh in 2006.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. ↑ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  3. ↑ Mohsin, Amena (2003). The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-58826-138-0.
  4. ↑ "Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Makes Way to Khaleda's Cabinet". Xinhua News Agency. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 2023-03-15. Two out of six members of the minority community elected in the eighth parliament also made their way into the cabinet ... Moni swapan dewan, a buddhist from Southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts was inducted as deputy minister
  5. ↑ "Doubts over Bangladesh rebel accord". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  6. 1 2 3 sun, daily. "Horror still haunts survivors | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  7. 1 2 3 "Bhushanchhara genocide in Rangamati: No trial in 37yrs - City News - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  8. 1 2 "Moni Swapan demands amendment of constitution to recognise linguistic minorities". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  9. ↑ Mohsin, Amena (2003). The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-58826-138-0.


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