ASM Solomon

ASM Solomon was a Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. Later he became a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a member of parliament for Dhaka-30.

Biography Solomon born on 25 January 1926. He acquired honors from the University of Dhaka. He started his political career in 1946. In 1954, he became joint secretary of the Krishak Sramik Party. and became vice president of the All-Pakistan Labour Confederation. In 1971, he was the president of the Krishak Sramik Party. He opposed independence of Bangladesh and supported Pakistan during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He became a member of East Pakistan Central Peace Committee. On 17 September 1971, he was made Labor and Social Welfare Minister of East Pakistan. After the independence of Bangladesh, the government of Bangladesh arrested him on 24 December 1971 for helping Pakistani government during war. He was released on 30 November 1973, when the government declared a general amnesty for detained cabinet members. Solomon was elected to parliament from Dhaka-30 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979 election. Around 1984, he was leader of Islamic United Front, a political alliance. After 1996, Solaiman became the chairman of National Democratic Alliance, established in 1992. He died on 4 December 1997 at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka. It was decided to bury him in Mirpur martyred intellectuals graveyard. But Muktijoddha Sangsad, Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and Projonmo '71 opposed the decision as he was against the independence of Bangladesh. Later Solaiman was buried in Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District. He had two wives and four children.