{"id":15844,"date":"2026-02-17T19:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/who-is-nitai-roy-chowdhury-meet-the-lone-hindu-minister-in-tarique-rahmans-cabinet\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:21:23","slug":"who-is-nitai-roy-chowdhury-meet-the-lone-hindu-minister-in-tarique-rahmans-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/who-is-nitai-roy-chowdhury-meet-the-lone-hindu-minister-in-tarique-rahmans-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Nitai Roy Chowdhury? Meet the lone Hindu minister in Tarique Rahman’s cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With Tarique Rahman swearing in as Bangladesh Prime Minister, the country is hoping for a new beginning. Among the ministers who took oath on Tuesday included Nitai Roy Chowdhury, the only Hindu minister in the 25-member cabinet.<\/p>\n

In the recent parliamentary elections on February 12, Chowdhury defeated Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Mustarshid Billah in Magura-2 constituency. The BNP won 209 out of 297 seats, while right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami bagged 68 seats in the elections<\/p>\n

Who is Nitai Roy Chowdhury?<\/h2>\n

Nitai Roy Chowdhury is a senior leader of Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He has previously served as the vice president of the BNP and is currently the vice chairman of the party’s central committee.<\/p>\n

Chowdhury was first elected to the Bangladesh parliament Jatiya Sangsad from Magura-2 in 1988. He served as a minister briefly in the Hussain Muhammad Ershad government in 1990. After the regime fell, Chowdhury joined the BNP.<\/p>\n

His daughter, Nipun Roy Chowdhury is an executive member of the BNP while his son, Debashish Roy Chowdhury is a judge in the high court division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Three other candidates from minority communities also won in the elections and all of them are from BNP.<\/p>\n

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Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, who is a member of the BNP’s highest policy-making standing committee, is from the Hindu community. Saching Pru, a senior BNP leader and follower of the Buddhist faith, and Dipen Dewan, from the Buddhist majority Chakma ethnic minority group, were also elected. Dipen was also indcuted into the cabinet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Who is Nitai Roy Chowdhury? Meet the lone Hindu minister in Tarique Rahman’s cabinet<\/div>\n

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With Tarique Rahman swearing in as Bangladesh Prime Minister, the country is hoping for a new beginning. Among the ministers who took oath on Tuesday included Nitai Roy Chowdhury, the only Hindu minister in the 25-member cabinet. In the recent parliamentary elections on February 12, Chowdhury defeated Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Mustarshid Billah in Magura-2 constituency….<\/p>\n

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