Khandkar Musharraf Hussain was first elected in 2008 and in 2009 he was made the Minister of Expatriate Welfare. He exerted complete control over the Faridpur Awami League, while his followers allegedly hijacked tenders for development projects, extorted money, grabbed land and made illegal deposits. Funds.
Later, he was transferred to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. He was dropped from the cabinet in 2018.
The police launched an operation at his residence in Faridpur and arrested two of his close associates on June 7, 2020.