Faridpur Correspondent

After former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country, MPs from three of Faridpur-4 constituency, including Nixon, are in hiding. Only independent MP from Faridpur-3 (Sadar) Constituency and business leader AK Azad is said to be staying in the country. There is no trace of the remaining three MPs.

The three former parliamentarians who recently went into hiding are Faridpur-1 (Boalmari-Madhukhali-Alfadanga) constituency MP and former Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdur Rahman, Faridpur-2 (Nagarkanda-Saltha) constituency MP Shahdab Akbar Labu Chowdhury and Faridpur-4 (Bhanga- Sadarpur-Charbhadrasan) Constituency MP Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon.

Abdur Rahman was the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock in the Sheikh Hasina government. He is also a member of the presidium of Awami League. Shahdab Akbar Labu Chowdhury is the younger son of late Parliament Deputy Leader Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon is the Presidium Membet of Jubo League and the younger son of Sheikh Hasina's cousin.

Talking to local activists of Awami League, it is learnt that no one knows where Abdur Rahman of Faridpur-1 constituency is now. Even those close to him are unable to say anything about his whereabouts. He last came to his constituency Madhukhali on August 3. On that day, he participated in two party functions including a special extended meeting of the party in Madhukhali. Then he left for Dhaka in the afternoon. His last location till August 4 was reported to be in Dhaka.

Shahdab Akbar Labu Chowdhury of Faridpur-2 Constituency came on a one-day visit to his constituency Nagarkanda on August 2. He participated in three political events in Nagarkanda from that morning. On that day at around 7:00 pm, he led a torch march against 'BNP-Jamaat's anarchy' from the office of Upazila Awami League located in Nagarkanda Bazar to different roads of Nagarkanda Bazar. Later returned to Dhaka's Dhanmondi residence around 8pm. He has not been seen in public since then.

Faridpur-4 Constituency Member of Parliament Mojibur Rahman Nixon visited Singapore early last month. From there, Hazrat Shahjalal came directly to his constituency Bhanga through the VIP lounge of the International Airport at around 1:30 pm on July 24. Nixon Chowdhury, a resident of Dattapara village in Madaripur's Shibchar upazila, came to Bhanga in 2014 just 19 days before the parliamentary elections. There, as an independent candidate, he was elected as a member of parliament, defeating Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah with the pineapple symbol. Nixon Chowdhury last visited his constituency on July 31. The next day on August 1, he returned to Dhaka. Since then he is also in hiding.

Incidentally, among the four MPs of Faridpur's four parliamentary constituencies, independent MP Abdul Quader alias AK Azad of Faridpur-3 (Sadar) constituency is an exception. He is currently in Dhaka. He has contact with local leaders and activists. He met the President on Tuesday night at Bangabhaban to discuss the security of the garment industry and business sector.