Kemon MP Pelam” Opens with Naogaon-3 MP Md. Fazley Houda Babul Answering Public Questions
Published: 11:18 PM, 25 August 2026 Last Update: 11:34 PM, 25 August 2026
Kemon MP Pelam” Opens with Naogaon-3 MP Md. Fazley Houda Babul Answering Public Questions
Thikana, the largest Bangladeshi media company outside Bangladesh, has launched “Kemon MP Pelam” (What Kind of MP Did We Get?), a new citizen-accountability television format designed to bring elected representatives face-to-face with the people who elected them.
In a first for Bangladeshi political media, the pilot episode brought *Md. Fazley Houda Babul, Member of Parliament for Naogaon-3 (Mahadevpur–Badalgachhi),* before an audience of thousands in an open town hall held in his own constituency. Citizens submitted questions in advance, while the final selection was made exclusively by the moderator. The MP did not see any of the questions beforehand.
The questions focused on six key areas of public life: *rule of law and justice, employment, quality of living, education-health-technology, expatriate welfare, and agriculture*. As the MP responded, his documented six-month record was displayed on screen, allowing viewers to assess his answers against his record of public service and progress on commitments.
The programme was hosted and moderated by *Khaled Muhiuddin, Editor-in-Chief of Thikana*, former head of Deutsche Welle’s Bengali service and one of the most recognized political interviewers in the Bangla-speaking world.
Asking questions is the citizen’s right; answering them is the representative’s duty. Kemon MP Pelam simply puts that old truth on a stage — in the middle of the constituency, in front of the people the answers belong to,**” said Khaled Muhiuddin, Editor-in-Chief, Thikana.
Thikana said that after 37 years of telling the stories of Bangladeshis, the new format aims to put the microphone directly in citizens’ hands. While Episode One focuses on Naogaon-3, the organization says every constituency in Bangladesh deserves an opportunity to host the programme and every MP is invited to take the same seat occupied by Fazley Houda Babul.
The Format at a Glance
*Kemon MP Pelam* is structured as an open town hall held inside the constituency, with citizens representing different walks of local life.
* Citizens submit questions in advance.
* Questions are selected exclusively by the moderator.
* The MP sees none of the questions beforehand.
* The programme evaluates performance across six areas: rule of law and justice; employment; quality of living, including power, culture and communal harmony; education, health and technology; expatriate welfare; and agriculture.
* The MP answers against his documented six-month record, including casework figures, promise tracking and delays.
* The programme is independently moderated from beginning to end, with follow-up questions where answers remain incomplete.
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The pilot episode will premiere on *Thikana TV and Thikana’s digital platforms*, with selected excerpts to be released later with English subtitles. Broadcast details will be announced through Thikana’s official channels.
About Thikana
Thikana is a *37-year-old Bangladeshi-American media institution headquartered in New York* and describes itself as the largest Bangladeshi media company outside Bangladesh. Its media portfolio includes the weekly Thikana newspaper, Thikana TV/IPTV and digital platforms reaching more than *150 million monthly views across 90+ countries*, according to the organization.
