Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju

Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju (born 2 February 1944) is an Awami League politician. He is a former posts and telecommunications minister, and labour and employment minister. He represented the Narsingdi-5 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad from 1996 to 2024.

Early life Raju was born on 2 February 1944 to a Bengali family in southern Adiabad, Raipura, Narsingdi subdivision, then part of the Dacca district of Bengal. He received 75,672 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 61,862 votes. He received 93,746 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 66,942 votes.

Raju's brother, Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, was accused in the murder of a former mayor of Narsingdi, who was killed on 1 November 2011. Raju was in Geneva at the time of the murder. After he returned to Bangladesh he held a 15-minute meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. On 15 July 2013, Raju placed the Labour Law (amendment 2006)-2013 in parliament which was then passed by the treasury bench. Raju was removed from the cabinet of Bangladesh on 21 November 2013.

Raju was elected to parliament in 2014 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He was elected unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties.

Raju was elected to parliament in 2018 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. He had received 2,94,484 votes while his nearest rival, Md Ashraf Uddin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 20,431 votes.

Raju was hospitalised at Samorita Hospital on 18 March 2013 after falling ill during a meeting of the cabinet of Bangladesh.