‘Sultan Mansur’s oath taking an act of political fraudulence’

‘Sultan Mansur’s oath taking an act of political fraudulence’

Prothom Alo English Desk |  Mar 07, 2019

Ruhul Kabir RizviBNP on Thursday described Gono Forum MP-elect Sultan Mohammad Mansur’s oath taking violating the Jatiya Oikya Front’s decision as an act of fraudulence in politics, reports UNB.

“His party (Gono Forum) has said it’ll take action against him. I just want to say they’ll turn into mass enemies for breaching commitment and political fraudulence,” said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

He came up with the remarks at a press conference at BNP’s Naya Paltan central office as journalists sought his comment on the matter.

Asked whether it was BNP’s wrong decision to allow Mansur use BNP’s election symbol, Rizvi declined to make any comment on it.

Sultan Mohammad Mansur, who was elected MP from Moulvibazar-2 seat contesting the 30 December national election as a Gono Forum candidate under Jatiya Oikya Front platform with BNP’s electoral symbol ‘Sheaf of Paddy’, took oath as a member of the 11th parliament.

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath around 11am at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

On 3 March, two Gano Forum MPs-elect sent separate letters to the swpeaker requesting her to arrange their oath-taking ceremony on historic 7 March.

However, Gono Forum’s another MP-elect Mokabbir Khan (Sylhet-2) did not take oath Thursday due to an ‘avoidable reason’.

BNP along with Gano Forum and some other parties joined the 30 December election in alliance under the banner of Jatiya Oikya Front. BNP bagged six seats while Gano Forum two in the election.

The alliance turned down the election results bringing the allegation of ‘massive vote robbery’ and decided not to join parliament.