Newly elected members of parliament of BNP in reserved seats for women paid their respects at the graves of former president Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
On Monday (May 4) afternoon, they went to Zia Udyan in the capital’s Sherbangla Nagar, offered flowers and participated in prayers.
At this time, Local Government Rural Development and Cooperative Minister and BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir led them. He went to the shrine premises with the new members and sought forgiveness for the souls of the deceased.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed hope to the MPs of BNP’s reserved women seats and said, “It is hoped that those who have been elected as members of parliament will play an important role in the development of the country.”
At this time, the government party whip Nurul Islam Moni and the women MPs of the party in the reserved seats were present.
Earlier on Sunday (May 3) at around 9 pm, 49 members of the reserved women’s seat took oath in the swearing-in chamber of Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan. Speaker Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmad administered the oath to them.
