Women MPs from reserved seats to take oath today
Newly elected women members of parliament (MPs) from reserved seats are set to take oath on Sunday, representing their respective parties.
Bangladesh Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will administer the oath at 9:00 pm in the Oath Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, according to Md. Monir Hossain, Director (Public Relations) of the Parliament Secretariat, told the media on Saturday.
On April 30, the Election Commission issued a gazette declaring 49 candidates elected unopposed to reserved women’s seats in the 13th parliament.
Among them, 36 MPs are from the BNP-led alliance, 12 from the Jamaat-led alliance, and one is an independent candidate.
The BNP alliance representatives include Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Rehana Akter Ranu, Newaz Halima Arly, Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Shakila Farzana, Helen Jerin Khan, Nilufar Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Zeeba Amina Khan, Mahmuda Habiba, Sabira Sultana, Sunsila Jabrin, Sanjida Islam (Tulee), Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Haque, Anna Minz, Subarna Shikdar, Shamim Ara Begum Swapna, Shammi Akter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Bithika Binte Hossain, Suraiya Jerin, Mansura Akter, Jahrat Adib Chowdhury, Momtaz Alo, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Sanjida Yasmin, Nadia Pathan Papon, Shawkat Ara Akter, Madhabi Marma, Selina Sultana and Rezeka Sultana.
The Jamaat-led alliance MPs include Nurunnisa Siddika, Marzia Begum, Sabikun Nahar, Nazmun Nahar, Mahfuza Hannan, Sajeda Samad, Shamsunnahar Begum, Marzdia Momtaz, Rokeya Begum, Mahmuda Alam Mitu, Tasmia Pradhan and Mahbuba Hakim.
The lone independent MP elected to a reserved seat is Sultana Jasmin.
Parliament has a total of 50 reserved seats for women. The remaining seat, expected to go to the National Citizen Party, is still vacant after the Election Commission rejected two nominations-one for ineligibility and another due to late submission.
