Career
Khaiyam was elected to parliament from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. [3] He received 95,266 votes while his nearest rival Kazi Keramat Ali of Awami League received 85,057 votes. [4] He is the president of the Rajbari District unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [5]
Khaiyam supported Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan,general secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party,against Khaleda Zia,chairperson of the party,and backed the faction in favor of reforms during the caretaker government rule. [6] In November 2007,a contractor filed an extortion case against Khaiyam at the Tejgaon Police Station in which he alleged Khaiyam demanded 2 million taka from him for a contract to work on Daulatdia Ferry Ghat. [7] He was arrested from Kakrail in Dhaka. [7] On 15 November 2007,he was sent to jail from detention. [8]
Khaiyam lost the election from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2008 and received 83,933 votes. [9]
Khaiyam was the president of Rajbari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2014. [10] He boycotted the national election that year as per the decision of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [11]
Khaiyam received the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nomination for the 11th parliamentary election from Rajbari-1 for in 2018. [12] He lost the election with 33,000 votes while Kazi Keramat Ali of Awami League won with 238,914 votes. [13]
Khaiyam led a protest in Rajbari District against inflation in March 2022. [14] He protested the arrest of Sonia Akter Sriti,a Mohila Dal leader,on a Digital Security Act for posting derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [15] [16]
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