UNB, Dhaka :
Gono Forum’s two MPs-elect-Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) — will take oath on March 7 to join the 11th parliament.
They will be sworn in as MPs at 11am on the day, said a source at the Speaker’s office.
Separate letters have been sent to the two MPs-elect from the office of Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to this end. On Saturday, they sent a letter
to the Speaker requesting her to arrange their oath-taking ceremony on March 7. Mansur was elected MP from Moulvibazar-2 seat contesting the December-30
election as a Gono Forum candidate under Jatiya Oikyafront platform with BNP’s electoral symbol ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ while Mokabbir from Sylhet-2 constituency with Gono Forum’s election symbol ‘Rising Sun’.
BNP along with Gono Forum and some other parties joined the December-30 election in alliance under the banner of Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP bagged six seats while Gono Forum two in the election.
The alliance turned down the election results bringing the allegation of ‘massive vote robbery’ and demanded reelection. The first session of the new parliament began on January 30 without the participation of the eight MPs-elect of Oikyafront.
Gono Forum’s two MPs-elect-Sultan Mohammad Mansur (Moulvibazar-2) and Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) — will take oath on March 7 to join the 11th parliament.
They will be sworn in as MPs at 11am on the day, said a source at the Speaker’s office.
Separate letters have been sent to the two MPs-elect from the office of Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to this end. On Saturday, they sent a letter
to the Speaker requesting her to arrange their oath-taking ceremony on March 7. Mansur was elected MP from Moulvibazar-2 seat contesting the December-30
election as a Gono Forum candidate under Jatiya Oikyafront platform with BNP’s electoral symbol ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ while Mokabbir from Sylhet-2 constituency with Gono Forum’s election symbol ‘Rising Sun’.
BNP along with Gono Forum and some other parties joined the December-30 election in alliance under the banner of Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP bagged six seats while Gono Forum two in the election.
The alliance turned down the election results bringing the allegation of ‘massive vote robbery’ and demanded reelection. The first session of the new parliament began on January 30 without the participation of the eight MPs-elect of Oikyafront.
