Opposition walks out of JS again
BNP-led opposition lawmakers stormed out of the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday protesting against a senior ruling party lawmaker's remark labelling BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami as patrons of militancy in Bangladesh.
Taking floor on a point of order, Awami League lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta cited arrest of a Pakistani national reportedly involved with Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
BNP-led opposition MPs stood on their feet and started shouting as soon as Suranjit started reading out newspaper reports on the arrest.
The reports said a former Jamaat leader, who joined BNP in last caretaker government regime, had provided shelter to the Pakistan national.
He went on blasting the BNP-Jamaat alliance for patronising militants.
The opposition tried for a minute to shout Suranjit out and walked out of parliament around 7.50pm and did not return.
As they left, Suranjit said the opposition could have replied if they had anything to say on the matter.
He also demanded the home minister issue a statement on the capture of JeM operative and reported involvement of BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain's son Paban in cracker explosion near BNP chief's Gulshan office recently.
Taking floor on a point of order, treasury bench Whip Mirza Azam accused Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque of plotting the cracker blast.
“The arrested aide to Paban is the president of Chatkhil upazila unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. And the opposition chief whip was elected from that constituency,” said Azam, earlier accused by BNP of being involved in the explosion.
He blamed the opposition for deterioration in the country's law and order.
Parliament resumed sitting yesterday after a 10-day recess. Participating in thanks giving motion on the president's address, both treasury and opposition bench lawmakers locked horns in trading broadsides.
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