Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain

Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain (born 30 August 1951) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-4 constituency and the incumbent minister of health and family welfare.

Career

Bokul was elected to parliament from Narsingdi-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991 and 2001.

On 26 December 2013, he was arrested from the residence of Khaleda Zia, former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital following his arrest. On 4 June 2017, Bokul was sued by a businessman for extortion.

Criticism Soon after Bokul assumed office as minister of health and family welfare, Bangladesh experienced a major outbreak of measles that resulted in multiple child deaths. Public health experts criticised the Health Ministry, attributing the crisis to declining immunisation coverage, vaccine shortages, and disruptions in routine vaccination programmes. However, BNP health affairs editor attributed the situation to the failures of the preceding Yunus administration and to shortcomings during the tenure of health adviser Nurjahan Begum.