Rafiqul Islam Khan
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Sirajganj-4
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- ৳9,945,329
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Opposition Whip in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad; seat under active High Court election petition filed by BNP runner-up M Akbar Ali.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-04 constituency_visit Spoke at Partner Congress meeting of Upazila Agriculture Extension Department in Ullapara; called for affordable agricultural input prices (fertilizers, seeds, pesticides) to protect farmers and food security. ↗
- 2026-04-30 speech Raised question in parliament asking why all mobile phones were cut off during the July 2024 uprising days, pressing for accountability. ↗
- 2026-03-09 legal BNP candidate M Akbar Ali filed election petition in High Court challenging the Sirajganj-4 result; Khan's win came via postal ballots that reversed an initial BNP lead of 765 votes. ↗
- 2026-02-22 statement Stated that denying the February 12 referendum result means denying the July uprising; noted 70% of voters backed 'Yes'. ↗
- 2026-02-20 constituency_visit Post-election speech in Ullapara pledging to build a modern, humane, extortion-free and violence-free constituency. ↗
Provenance & notes
Winner confirmed by BSS (official state news agency), Wikipedia, and multiple Bangladeshi outlets. Election was one of the narrowest in the 13th parliament: Rafiqul Islam Khan trailed BNP's Akbar Ali by 765 votes on ordinary ballots before postal ballots (3,221 total) reversed the result; final margin 594 votes. Vote share and margin_percent set null: total valid votes not confirmed from any primary source (5 candidates contested; only top-2 counts are publicly available). Wealth (BDT 99,45,329) and annual income (BDT 15,10,500) sourced from EC nomination affidavit as reported by Jagonews24. No criminal cases in affidavit. Rafiqul Islam Khan is a 'Mawlana' (religious scholar title) per Bangla sources. He served as central president of Islami Chhatrashibir (Jamaat student wing) in 1994. First term as MP. Parliamentary role: Opposition Whip. Seat subject to active election petition (HC challenge by BNP's Akbar Ali); status as of May 17 2026 not resolved.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafiqul_Islam_Khan
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirajganj-4
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360389
- https://www.jagonews24.com/country/news/1093325
- https://www.jagonews24.com/country/news/1081114
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/bnp-candidates-challenge-poll-results-cumilla-11-sirajganj-4-1381361
- https://dailynayadiganta.com/bangladesh/country-news/sAVfDHNKxtO1
- https://www.ajkerbangladesh.com.bd/country-news/2026/02/20/193269
- https://www.deshrupantor.com/677389/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87