Moni Swapan Dewan | |
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𑄟𑄧𑄚𑄨𑄥𑄧𑄛𑄧𑄚𑄴 𑄘𑄬𑄃𑄮𑄠𑄚𑄴 | |
Deputy Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | |
In office 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
Preceded by | Post created |
Succeeded by | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 1 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Dipankar Talukdar[1] |
Succeeded by | Dipankar Talukdar[2] |
Constituency | Rangamati |
Personal details | |
Born | Rangamati, East Bengal, Pakistan | May 18, 1954
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Residence | Rangamati |
Moni Swapan Dewan (born 18 May 1954) alias Major Rajesh is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, ethnic Chakma, and a former member of parliament from the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[3][4] He is also the former deputy minister for Hill Tracts Affairs.[5]
He started his career as a guerilla leader for the Shanti Bahini, the armed wing of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti.[6][7][8]
Moni Swapan was a member of the Shanti Bahini during the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict and was known as Major Rajesh.[6] He is accused of committing a massacre of settler Bengalis in the Rangamati district in 1984.[7][6]
Dewan denies the charges.[7]
Moni Swapan Dewan was appointed the Deputy Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs in the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[9] He called for the recognition of ethnic minority in the constitution of Bangladesh in 2006.[8]