AL will welcome BNP's joining JS: Nasim

Awami League presidium member and 14-party alliance spokesman Mohammed Nasim, MP, said on Monday the ruling AL will welcome MPs-elect of the BNP if they take oath and participate in the proceedings of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS), reports BSS.

"If they (BNP) join the parliament session, the treasury bench will cooperate with them… They will be allowed to speak on all issues," Nasim said while speaking at a memorial meeting and doa-mahfil organised by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote (BSJ) at the National Press Club here.

The memorial meeting marked the 6th death anniversary of former AL general secretary Abdul Jalil while the doa-mahfil was arranged seeking early recovery of AL general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader.