Salim Osman | |
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সেলিম ওসমান | |
Member of Parliament, Jatiya Sangsad | |
Assumed office June 2014 | |
Preceded by | Nasim Osman |
Constituency | Narayanganj-5 |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Relations | M Osman Ali (grandfather) Shamim Osman (brother) Nasim Osman (brother) |
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Occupation | Politician, businessman |
Salim Osman is a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and the member of parliament from Narayanganj, the constituency of his deceased elder brother.[1][2] In his early life, he was selling poultry from home to home.
In 2014, Osman was elected president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association.[3] In June 2014, he was elected to parliament from the Narayanganj-5, after the death of the former representative, Nasim Osman, his older brother.[4]
On 13 May 2016, Osman publicly shamed the headmaster of a school at Narayanganj's Bandar Upazila for allegedly insulting Islam.[5] The incident was recorded and published on YouTube.[6][7][8] The headmaster, Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, filed a charge of assaulting against him. In October 2018, a Dhaka court discharged Osman from the case.[9]
Osman's father AKM Samsuzzoha was a member of parliament and his elder brother Shamim Osman is member of parliament from Bangladesh Awami League.[2]