All seven Members of Parliament (MPs) of BNP announced their resignation from parliament on Saturday as per the decision of the party’s standing committee.
BNP international affairs secretary Rumeen Farhana announced the decision from the party’s Golapbagh rally Saturday afternoon.
The MPs who resigned are: Md Zahidur Rahman, Thakurgaon-3; Md. Mosharof Hosen, Bogura-4; Gulam Mohammad Siraj, Bogura-6; Md Aminul Islam, Chapainawabganj-2; Md Harunur Rashid, Chapainawabganj-3; Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, Brahmanbaria-2; and Rumeen Farhana, Women’s Reserved Seat.
She said the MPs sent their resignation letters through email and will physically submit those to the speaker tomorrow.
“We don’t have any benefit to stay as MPs. We joined parliament to see how much space we get. But it is all the same, being MPs or not, so we have announced our resignation,” she said.
Earlier, the party MPs were asked to resign from parliament as the party will announced a 10-point demand including dissolution of parliament from today’s rally.
BNP is holding it last rally from where the party will announce their demands for launching a simultaneous movement.
