Tarique Rahman's Cabinet: Two Hindu Faces Included to Cleanse Bangladesh's Image

• Tarique Rahman, after a massive victory in Bangladesh's 13th parliamentary elections, includes two minority leaders in his 25-member cabinet.
• Nitai Roy Chowdhury, an MP from Magura-2 constituency and a top strategist, and Dipen Dewan, from the Chakma ethnic minority group, are the two minority faces.
• Nitai Roy Chowdhury, son-in-law of former minister Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, secured 147,896 votes, defeating the Jamaat candidate by 30,838 votes.
• This move follows his mother Khaleda Zia's precedent of including Hindu ministers, but Rahman's cabinet features two minority representatives.
• The inclusion aims to improve Bangladesh's image amidst recent instability and dire conditions for minorities, including widespread violence and mob lynching incidents.