Khandaker Delwar Hossain

Khondkar Delwar Hossain (1 February 1933 – 16 March 2011) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the secretary general of the party. He was elected five times as a Member of Parliament from constituency Manikganj-1 (Ghior-Doulatpur). His father, Khondakar Abdul Hamid, was an alim and his mother was Aktara Khatoon. Hossain worked as an organizer in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was a Revolutionary Command Council member in Manikganj. President Ziaur Rahman's political party, the Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal. His house was raided by Bangladesh Army during Operation Clean Heart.

After former Prime Minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia, was detained on 3 September 2007 she expelled general secretary Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and replaced him with Hossain. She was detained by the caretaker government which had come to power and declared emergency on 11 January 2007.

Rapid Action Battalion officials anonymously accused Hossain's son of being involved in the Ya ba trade to The Daily Star. The Daily Star would later admit it wrote articles against politician during this time using information supplied by Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and was not verified. On 31 October 2007, Hossain resigned from the post of secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from BIRDEM where he was under treatment. He had alleged a group was threatening him and his family which is why he had to resign.

Hossain's son was arrested on 1 November 2007 by Rapid Action Battalion. He was accused of renting his guns to criminals. In March 2008, he went to Singapore on a medical trip.

In April 2008, Hossain demanded the resignation of all three commissioners of Bangladesh Election Commission including A. T. M. Shamsul Huda for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the next parliamentary elections. Hossain stated that Khaleda Zia needed to be released from prison to hold a fair election. He made major concessions from the caretaker government to participate in the elections despite Khaleda Zia asking him to take a less confrontational stance. He also worked as a lawyer for Khaleda Zia. His son was arrested from jail gate after securing bail by Motijheel police.

Hossain was reappointed general secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 8 December 2009. He was summoned before the all-party parliamentary probe body on allegations of embezzling funds from the parliament. He had refused to return money from Parliament Members' Club as he claimed he had taken the three hundred thousand BDT following the rules of the club.

Hossain accused government activists of attacking Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians and their properties across Bangladesh since Awami League won the election in 2009. In June 2010, Hossain gave the official response of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party to the national budget describing it as ambitious but difficult to implement. He sought time from the Anti-Corruption Commission to respond to allegations of embezzling from the Jatiya Sangsad funds. The Commission started its investigation after the parliament forwarded its investigation to the commission and requested further investigation into the matter. Police obstructed a human chain of Hossain in front of the Jatiya Press Club which led to the death of one party activist. He asked the government to take steps to prevent the construction of the Tipaimukh dam by India.

Personal life Hossain's son, Khondaker Abdul Hamid Dablu, was nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the 2018 Bangladesh general election from Manikganj-1. His other son, Khandaker Akhter Hamid Khan Paban, was convicted of assaulting police officers during protests in 2018.

Death Hossain died on 16 March 2011 at the age of 78 in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore City. Mujahidul Islam Selim, Syed Ashraful Islam, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Rashed Khan Menon, A.B.M. Ruhul Amin Howlader, Md. Abdus Shahid, Zainul Abdin Farooque, Moudud Ahmed, Jamiruddin Sircar among others attended his funeral.