4 BNP leaders take oath as MPs

Four BNP leaders who won the December 30 national election have taken oath as members of the parliament (MPs).

Earlier, they entered the Jatiya Sangsad Complex on Monday afternoon for taking oath as members of the 11th parliament.

Dr Shirn Sharmin Chowdhury administered their oath in the parliment at around 5:45pm. 
The four MPs Harun Or Rashid from Chapainwabganj-3, Aminul Islam from Chapainwabganj-2, Ukil Abdus Sattar from Brahmanbaria-2 and Mosharraf Hossain from Bogura-4 parliamentary constituencies – entered the parliament around 5:15pm.

With the four, all but Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary general of the party, took oath defying party decision.

On Thursday, Zahidur Rahman Zahid (Thakurgaon-3) was sworn in, prompting the party to sack him on Saturday for violating its decision.

With the latest ones, 299 MPs-elect out of 300 in the 11th parliamentary polls were worn in.

Only BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir did not take oath while the stipulated time for being sworn in expired today.

BNP along with Gonoforum and some other parties joined the election in alliance under the banner of Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP bagged six seats while Gonoforum two in the election.

The alliance turned down the election results bringing the allegation of 'massive vote robbery' and decided not to join parliament.

However, Gonoforum’s two MPs-elect Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) were sworn in on March 7 and April 2 respectively.

Source: dailysun