Anwarul Kabir Talukdar


Anwarul Kabir Talukdar was a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Liberal Democratic Party. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jamalpur-4 constituency and State Minister of Power.

Career

Talukder served in Bangladesh Army and retired as a major general. He was elected to parliament from Jamalpur-4. He was the State Minister for Planning and Finance, and later served as the State Minister of Power in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He resigned his post to protest corruption in the power sector. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party government reported that he had not resigned but in fact had been sacked from his ministerial post by the government.
Talukdar resigned from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 26 October 2006. According to him, he resigned to protest the corruption in the Power sector of Bangladesh under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. He joined the Liberal Democratic Party formed that year by him, AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Oli Ahmed. He resigned from LDP on 5 January 2009.

Personal life

Talukdar was the nephew of Abdus Salam Talukder, a former minister and a secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Death

Talukdar died on 10 May 2020 from the Covid-19 virus.