Abdul Latif Siddiqui


Abdul Latif Siddiqui is a Bangladesh Awami League politician.

Career

Siddiqui served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-4 constituency. He resigned on 1 September 2015. He served as the Jute and Textiles Minister from 2009 to 2013. In January 2014, he was appointed as the Posts and Telecommunications along with Information Communication Technology Minister in the 10th cabinet.

Controversy

In March 2014, Siddiqui was reported by media to have beaten a PDB engineer with a stick, leaving him severely injured.
In September 2014, Siddiqui was widely criticised for his remarks criticising the Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, and the Islamic organisation, the Tabligh Jamaat, leading to strong calls for his removal from the cabinet. On 30 September, he was sacked from his ministerial post and the cabinet.