Narayon Chandra Chanda
Narayan Chandra Chanda is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Minister of Land served in 2024. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-5 constituency, and a former Minister of Fisheries and Livestock.
Early life
Chanda was born on 12 March 1945 in Dumuria Upazila of Khulna district.Career
Chanda was elected chairman of Bhandarpara Union Parishad of Dumuria upazila in the first union council election of Bangladesh. He had been elected Chairman for six consecutive times. He was elected a Member of Parliament in the Dumuria-Fultala constituency in the by-elections held on 27 December 2000 after the death of the then Health Minister Salahuddin Yusuf. He was again elected a Member of Parliament in the ninth parliamentary election of 2008. He was elected unopposed for the third time in the 10th parliamentary election in 2014, which the opposition boycotted citing unfair conditions for the election. He got the office of State Minister of Fisheries and Live stocks in this term and later in 2018 he was preceded by Mohammad Sayedul Haque and got the office of Ministry of Fisheries and live stocks.Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Chanda was detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh on 6 October 2024 in Jhenaidah while allegedly fleeing to India.