Nusrat Tabassum takes oath as MP in reserved women’s seat of JS

Newly elected Member of Parliament to a reserved women’s seat Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti, today took oath as a member of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, administered the oath to the newly elected lawmaker.

The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Speaker’s office in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, conducted by Secretary of the Parliament Secretariat, Barrister Md. Golam Sarwar Bhuiyan, said a press release.

Earlier, the Election Commission (EC) declared Nusrat Tabassum, joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and nominee of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance, elected unopposed to a reserved women’s seat in the 13th National Parliament.

According the Third Schedule of Article 148 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh as well as Rule 5 of the Rules of Procedure of Jatiya Sangsad, the Speaker administered the oath to newly elected member of parliament.

Following the ceremony, the newly elected MP signed the oath register at the office of the Parliament Secretary, as per tradition.

Deputy Speaker Barrister Kayser Kamal, Chief Whip of the Opposition, and senior officials of the Parliament Secretariat, among others, were present at the event.