Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a member of the BNP’s standing committee and a key policymaker, has been elected as a Member of Parliament for the first time in his 60-year political career. He won the Dhaka-3 constituency in the 13th national election held on February 12, securing 98,785 votes under the BNP’s paddy sheaf symbol. His closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Shahinur Islam, received 82,232 votes. Roy had previously contested from the same seat in the 2008 and 2018 elections but was unsuccessful.
Born in 1951 in Mirzapur, Konda Union of Keraniganj, Roy began his political journey in 1966 at the age of 15. He was a member of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal in the 1970s and participated in the 1971 Liberation War. Joining the Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal in 1978, he served as its general secretary from 1987 to 2002. He later became a member of the BNP’s highest policymaking body. Roy also served as a technocrat state minister for Environment and Forests and for Fisheries and Livestock from 1991 to 1996.
Known as one of the most prominent Hindu leaders in Bangladeshi politics, Roy stated that he never sought party nominations and emphasized his lifelong goal of being a good politician rather than pursuing power.
রাকিব হোসেন, ঢাকা দক্ষিণ প্রকাশ : ১৬ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৬, ০৭: ০৪ রাকিব হোসেন, ঢাকা দক্ষিণ বিএনপির স্থায়ী কমিটির সদস্য ও নীতি-নির্ধারক গয়েশ্বর চন্দ্র রায় তার রাজনৈতিক জীবনের ৬০ বছরে প্রথমবারের মতো সংসদ সদস্য নির্বাচিত হয়েছেন। ১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি ত্রয়োদশ
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