All seven BNP members of the parliament have resigned today as per the decision of the party’s standing committee.
BNP’s international affairs secretary Rumeen Farhana announced the decision from the party’s Golapbagh rally this afternoon.
The MPs who resigned are: Md. Zahidur Rahman, Thakurgaon-3; Md. Mosharof Hosen, Bogura-4; Gulam Mohammad Siraj, Bogura-6; Md. Aminul Islam, Chapainawabganj-2; Md. Harunur Rashid, Chapainawabganj-3; Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, Brahmanbaria-2; and Rumeen Farhana, Women’s Reserved Seat.
She said the MPs sent their resignation through email and will physically submit those to the speaker of the parliament tomorrow.
“We’re not benefiting from being MPs. We joined the parliament to see how much space we get. But it is all the same, being MPs or not, so we have announced resignation,” she said.
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