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Parliament Watch
Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-05-17
Minister of Cultural Affairs focused on grassroots cultural preservation and modernization of state-supported arts.
Stated that cultural diversity is humanity's greatest strength during an official engagement.
Announced centralization of operational permissions for Jatra and Circus performances to reduce administrative harassment.
Attended the World Music Day festival at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as the chief guest.
Informed Parliament of government plans to build cultural centers and public libraries at the upazila level.
Met with cultural figures in Jhenaidah to discuss grassroots heritage preservation and distributed grants.
Winner vote count from BSS (primary state news agency, 147,896) used; a secondary source cited 150,180. Runner-up BSS figure: 117,018. Total valid votes not confirmed from a primary source; vote_share_percent and margin_percent left null to avoid computed values from an unverified denominator. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not located in publicly indexed sources; marked null per schema rule (EC-only). Nitai Roy holds two parliamentary terms: 4th Jatiya Sangsad 1988 (Jatiya Party, Magura-2) and 13th Jatiya Sangsad 2026 (BNP, Magura-2). He contested Magura-1 in 2001 under BNP but did not win; that is not counted as a parliamentary term. Constituency covers Mohammadpur and Shalikha upazilas per Wikipedia.
Presided over a preparatory meeting regarding July Uprising Day observances and the July Memorial Museum.
Source: 15 primary source linksAs of 2026-05-17