Members of the parliament (MPs) of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) submitted their resignation to Speaker of the Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday as part of their anti-government movement with a 10-point demand, reports UNB.
The BNP MPs submitted their resignation letters at 12:20pm, Mohammad Siraj, MP of Bogura-6, said to UNB.
Earlier, BNP’s international affairs secretary Rumeen Farhana announced the decision of resignation from the party’s Dhaka rally on Saturday.
The resigned MPs 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, from Women’s Reserved Seats.
Among them, Md. Harunur Rashid of Chapainawabganj-3, who is now in Australia and the ailing MP of Brahmanbaria-2 Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan submitted their resignations through BNP whip Rumeen Farhana.
The MPs sent their resignation through an e-mail on Saturday.
BNP on Saturday unveiled a 10-point charter of demands from Golapbagh rally aimed at unseating the government through a simultaneous movement.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
