Rasheq Rahman is a unique example of establishing a relationship between the grassroots people and the people who lead most modern and affluent urban life in Dhaka city’s posh areas.
Talking about Rasheq Rahman, a rising leader of Bangladesh Awami League who is also a probable candidate for Rangpur-5 in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election in place of his father H. N. Ashequr Rahman, has created rock solid foundation of the ruling party.
This correspondent made an extensive tour in the area and found a unique relation of people with their leader. It is unprecedented that the people from all walks of life coming and embracing him as their beloved one. Rasheq was seen giving patient hearing to them and trying to solve their problems. People irrespective of cast and creed, race, religion and ethnicity came and talked to him as their nearest and dearest one.
Bangladesh Awami League needs leader like Rasheq and had there been leaders like Rasheq in every constituency the initiative of making Smart Bangladesh by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would have certainly been expedited.
Moreover, the challenges of fundamentalist upsurge posing a potential threat to the ideals upon which the independent Bangladesh was founded, and which has engulfed the nation and increasingly thrown the society into a quagmire of religious backwardness, would have been tamed and the people could enjoy the real benefit of independence earned at the cost of the millions of martyrs.
Rasheq Rahman is a man with a mission and vision. If politics is meant for the betterment of people, then the leader should be dedicated to the cause of people. Rasheq Rahman, an emerging leader of Bangladesh Awami League which led the country’s war of Liberation in 1971, has been in a hectic way moving at door to door to reach the people the economic achievement of the present government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Committed to the ideals upon which the Independent Bangladesh was founded, Rasheq Rahman is serious about his duty towards the people of his constituency. He has come up with new ideas and plans to get his people to meet the future challenges of their life and livelihood. With a view to changing the lot of the rural poor so that they can be economically benefited, Rasheq has quite a number of plans and he is working with single-minded devotion to materialize those plans so that the indigent can reap the economic benefits. He tries to be with the people he loves. Every weekend Rasheq is in touch with his people and more often than not he keeps himself busy with his people with so many programmes and events for which people love him so much. He is accessible to all as he always upholds the cause of the poor. The poor in return trust him as a salt of the earth. The rural people come to Rasheq and embrace him with utmost love and affection.
Rasheq comes of an illustrious family with strong political and social background and he is a brilliant personality and one of the most promising political leaders with the modern outlook and thinking.
He is dedicated to the cause of economic emancipation of the people and working hard with a unique concept of modern ideas which would increasingly attract grassroots people in nation building work under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A leader like Rasheq Rahman, equipped with the latest ideas of social changes and challenges, is seriously needed for Bangladesh Awami League to build the nation befitting the 21st century.
Rasheq has constant touch with local people and he always discusses entire gamut of the development even in perception of the national and international happenings.
The unique chain of command has created a rock-solid unity among the people of his locality.
Despite catastrophic intra-party feud, which immensely damaged the party image, Rasheq maintains good relationship among the leaders and activists of his constituency. His success is that he endeared himself to the party rank and file with the suavity of his manners, showing his competence as an emerging leader in the area.
Rasheq Rahman is a worthy successor of his father H. N. Ashequr Rahman, Rangpur-5 (Mithapukur) lawmaker and former State Minister for Forest and Environment Affairs.
Ashequr, a long time treasurer of Bangladesh Awami League, is still serving the party with utmost sincerity and that’s why the Awami League high command depends on Mr. Ashequr Rahman most. The local people said that Rasheq Rahman has been able to reach such a position through his creativity and devotion to the cause of the people.
He has been able to touch the hearts and minds of the people of the area due to his dynamism in activities. His popularity and talent should also be considered with much importance.