Gono Forum MPs-elect take oath tomorrow

The Jatiya Oikya Front members of parliament (MPs)-elect Sultan Muhammed Mansur and Mukabbir Khan are set to defy the coalition decision and take their oaths of office in parliament tomorrow (Thursday), reports bdnews24.com.

Their swearing-in ceremony will take place in the speaker's office around 11 am on March 07, the Parliament Secretariat said on Tuesday.

In the Dec 30 polls, Sultan Mansur was elected from the Moulvibazar-2 seat with the ticket of the Jatiya Oikya Front under the paddy sheaf symbol while Mukabbir Khan ran under the Gono Forum's 'rising sun' symbol.

As part of the Jatiya Oikya Front alliance led by Dr Kamal Hossain, the BNP could only manage six seats in the Dec 30 polls.

The alliance rejected the outcome of the polls after raising allegations of rigging with the Election Commission and said their candidates, who won the elections, would not take oath as MPs.