Nitai Roy Chowdhury
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Magura-2
- Terms
- 2
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- LLB and MA, University of Dhaka; BA, Magura Government College (Rajshahi University)
- Cabinet role
- Minister of Cultural Affairs
Serving as Minister of Cultural Affairs; actively pushing upazila-level cultural infrastructure (libraries, Shilpakala Academies), social security for cultural workers, and international cultural diplomacy with 80 countries.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-15 statement Announced government will introduce a special welfare card for cultural activists to bring them under institutional social security coverage. ↗
- 2026-05-15 statement Stated the government has started working from the grassroots level to improve living standards of marginal people. ↗
- 2026-05-11 statement Announced that the 127th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated nationwide on May 25 with distinctive arrangements. ↗
- 2026-05-04 statement At DC Conference 2026, directed deputy commissioners to beef up security for folk artistes and nurture cultural programs at the grassroots level. ↗
- 2026-05-02 statement Called for strengthening healthy cultural practices, citing the country's thousand-year heritage as the strongest weapon against cultural degradation and drug abuse. ↗
- 2026-05-08 other Presided over nationwide Rabindra Jayanti celebrations organized by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. ↗
- 2026-03-01 statement Announced plans to strengthen cultural ties with approximately 80 countries to build a knowledge-based nation. ↗
- 2026-02-28 statement Called for building an inclusive society illuminated by knowledge; announced modern libraries in every upazila and Upazila Shilpakala Academies following district-level model. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as Minister of Cultural Affairs in Tarique Rahman's cabinet; the only Hindu minister in the new government. ↗↗
- 2026-02-12 other Elected MP from Magura-2 in 13th Jatiya Sangsad general election with 147,896 votes, defeating Jamaat's Mustarshid Billah (117,018 votes) by 30,878 votes. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count from BSS (primary state news agency, 147,896) used; a secondary source cited 150,180. Runner-up BSS figure: 117,018. Total valid votes not confirmed from a primary source; vote_share_percent and margin_percent left null to avoid computed values from an unverified denominator. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not located in publicly indexed sources; marked null per schema rule (EC-only). Nitai Roy holds two parliamentary terms: 4th Jatiya Sangsad 1988 (Jatiya Party, Magura-2) and 13th Jatiya Sangsad 2026 (BNP, Magura-2). He contested Magura-1 in 2001 under BNP but did not win; that is not counted as a parliamentary term. Constituency covers Mohammadpur and Shalikha upazilas per Wikipedia.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/360433
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/384656
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitai_Roy_Chowdhury
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magura-2
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/362163
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/362166
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/364378
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/369195
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/383614
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/384121
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/386167
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/387226
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/387575
- https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/who-is-nitai-roy-chowdhury-veteran-bnp-leader-and-only-hindu-minister-in-tarique-rahmans-new-bangladesh-government-after-2026-election-sweep-170963/
- https://election.dhakatribune.com/result-winner