The Cabinet Division has begun inviting new cabinet members immediately after the oath-taking ceremony of parliament members. BNP leaders at various levels started receiving official calls from 11 am on Tuesday.
Among those invited are MPs from key constituencies, including Thakurgaon-1, Dhaka-10, Chattogram-11, Cox’s Bazar-1, Dhaka-3, Narsingdi-2, Feni-3, Comilla-3, Chandpur-1, Sylhet-4, Lakshmipur-3 (Sadar), Tangail-5, Bogra-2, Patuakhali-3, Barisal-1, Panchagarh-2, Dhaka-13, Jamalpur-1, Rajshahi-2, and Magura-2. High-profile party leaders such as BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, former ministers including Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Mirza Abbas, Salahuddin Ahmed, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Abdul Awal Mintu, Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milan, Md. Shariful Alam, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Mir Shahe Alam, Nurul Haque Nur, Zahir Uddin Swapan, Farhad Hossain Azad, Bobby Hajjaj, M. Rashiduzzaman Millat, Mizanur Rahman Minu, Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Bangladesh National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman, Zakaria Taher Suman, and Zonayed Saki of Brahmanbaria-6 have also received calls.
The invitations mark the first step toward the formation of the new cabinet, with MPs and party leaders set to take oaths as ministers and state ministers later today at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
Bd-pratidin English/ Jisan
