President invites AL chief to form govt
President Abdul Hamid has invited Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to form government.
The invitation came after Prime Minister Hasina requested the president to take necessary measures to form the government.
The premier made her request to the president while she called on him at his office-cum-residence Bangabhaban this evening, Ihsanul Karim, press secretary of the president, informed journalists.
The over hour-long meeting which started at 6:18pm was participated by AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam and Cabinet Secretary M Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan.
Ihsanul Karim told reporters that the president hailed Sheikh Hasina for being elected the leader of the AL Parliamentary Party.
Immediately after taking oath of office, the Awami League lawmakers held an AL Parliamentary Party (ALPP) meeting.
During the meeting, Hasina has been elected the leader of the ALPP for the 10th Jatiya Sangsad.
Soon after the meeting began at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban around 12:30pm, Syed Ashraful Islam, AL general secretary, proposed the name of Hasina as the leader of the ALPP.
Later, chief whip Abdus Shahid extended his support to the proposal.
Earlier in the morning, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Choudhury administered the oath to the newly elected lawmakers of the ruling AL including Hasina.
A total of 292 lawmakers elected in the January 5 elections.
Some 283 lawmakers from AL, Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party (JP-Manju), Workers Party, Jatiyatabadi Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Tariqat Federation, Bangladesh Nationalist Front and 13 independent candidates took the oath at the Jatiya Sangsad today.
The voting was held in 147 constituencies as the rest 153 constituencies went uncontested in the polls.
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