BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of the party’s Commerce Affairs Secretary and former lawmaker Salah Uddin Ahmed.
In a condolence message, Rizvi expressed profound grief and extended his heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family members, saying the death of an experienced politician like Salah Uddin Ahmed was deeply painful.
He said Salah Uddin Ahmed was a firm believer in the principles and ideals of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. As a distinguished politician, he maintained close ties with the people and remained steadfast in the party’s policies and ideology, Rizvi added.
The BNP acting secretary general said Salah Uddin had unwavering faith in democracy and played a commendable role in the democratic movement and struggle under the leadership of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.
Rizvi prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and prayed to the Almighty Allah to give the bereaved family the strength to bear the irreparable loss.
Salah Uddin Ahmed breathed his last at 8:10 pm today while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.
He had long been active in BNP politics and was regarded as an influential party leader in the capital’s Shyampur-Kadamtali area.
Salah Uddin Ahmed was elected a member of parliament from Dhaka-4 as a BNP candidate in the fifth parliamentary election in 1991, the sixth parliamentary election in 1996 and the eighth parliamentary election in 2001.
He contested the 2008 parliamentary election from the Dhaka-5 constituency. Later, he received the BNP nomination for Dhaka-4 in the 11th parliamentary election in 2018.
