Razzaq started his political career in student life being elected as the secretary of Fazlul Haq Hall Students Union,
Dhaka University in 1963. A versatile charismatic leader with dynamic organising capacity Razzaq emerged as a popular parliamentarian, and took over the responsibilities of different ministries of the Government of Bangladesh. , in New Delhi Razzaq was the member of the Provincial Assembly in 1970 and elected member of the parliament of the independent Bangladesh in 1973, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2008. In 9th parliamentary election Razzaq was elected Member of Parliament from
Shariatpur-3 (
Bhedarganj-
Damudya-
Gosairhat) constituency getting 102,925 votes while his nearest rival K M Hemayet Ullah Awrangajeb of
BNP got 52,672 votes. Chronology of Razzaq's political career: • 1959–1960: Student union executive member. • 1960–1962: Central Member of East Pakistan Students League. • 1962–1963: Unopposed Assistant General Secretary of Fazlul Huq Hall (
University of Dhaka). • 1963–1965: Assistant Joint Secretary (AGS) of
Bangladesh Chhatra League and also the elected General Secretary of Fazlul Huq Hall Students Union. • 1965–1967: General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League for two terms. • 1969–1972: Chief of Awami Volunteer Core. • 1972–1975: Organizing Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. • 1975–1978: Secretary of
BAKSAL. • 1978–1981: Secretary-General of Bangladesh Awami League. • 1983–1991: General Secretary of
post-1983 BAKSAL. • 1991–2008: Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League. • 2008–2009: Member of Advisory council of Bangladesh Awami League.
Imprisonment Razzaq was arrested many times and jailed as a political prisoner. The first time he was sent to jail during 1964–65 by
Ayub Khan Government where he appeared his masters examination. Later he was imprisoned from 1967 to 1969 for participating in the
6-Point Movement. After the Liberation War '71, during the Military Coup and the
Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 to 1978; Razzaq was yet again arrested along with several other followers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During
Ershad regime he was also imprisoned in 1987.
Achievements • Struggle for the establishment of
Six point movement during Pakistani regime. • One of the leading organizers of liberation war and participating liberation war. • As a minister of water resource 1996–2001, signing of
Sharing of Ganges Waters Treaty between Bangladesh &
India. • Led a 10-member parliamentary team's fact-finding mission on
Tipaimukh Dam project and visited India during July–August 2009. On return from India, Razzaq presented a report to the parliament where he said that the Indian ministers had assured them that they would not implement any project to harm Bangladesh. ==Death==