The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief over the death of former Indian President along with other personalities including two running lawmakers of the incumbent parliament, reports BSS.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the condolence motion after the beginning of the session and it was adopted in the house following a brief discussion by the lawmakers.
Leader of the House and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also took part in the discussion on condolence motion.
Participating in the discussion, the lawmakers dubbed former Indian President Pronab Mukherjee as the 'true friend' of Bangladesh and showed their deep respect to his memory, who was the first Bangali president of neighbouring India.
Mukherjee, the 13th Indian president, breathed his last on August 31due to brain haemorrhage and the corona virus infection while he was undergoing treatment at the Sena Hospital in New Delhi at the age of 84.
The House also adopted the obituary motion over the death of two running lawmakers-Advocate Shahara Khatun of Dhaka-18 and Israfil Alam of Naogaon-6 constituency.
Advocate Shahara, former Home and Post and Telecommunications Minister, died on July 9 while she was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Thailand at the age of over 77 years.
A 54-year old Alam died of deadly COVID-19 infection at a city hospital on July 27.
These deceased leaders are former ministers and freedom fighter Shahjahan Siraj, Lieutenant Colonel (retd) HMA Gaffar Bir Uttam, Abul Kashem, former State ministers Abdul Mannan and TM Gias Uddin Ahmed, former Whip M Ashraf Hossen, former lawmakers and veteran freedom fighter Azizur Rahman, Professor ANM Nazrul Islam, Sheikh M Nurul Huq, ATM Alamgir, Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan, Dr Shahjahan Ali Talukder, Group Captain (retd) Saiful Azam, Kamruddin Yahia Khan Majlish and Engr Shamsuddin Ahmed.
The parliament also expressed condolence over the deaths of several elite personalities at home and abroad including the casualties triggered by air-conditioner blast in the mosque in Narayanganj.
Later the lawmakers observed one-minute silence to the memory of the deceased and offered munajat seeking the blessings to the Almightly Allah. Hafez Ruhul Amin Madani, MP of Mymensingh-7 conducted the munajat.
