Parliament holds debate over JP role as opposition
Monday, 10 February 2014
Parliament on Monday witnessed an unscheduled debate over the role of Ershad-led Jatiya Party as the opposition party. Independent MP from Pirojpur-3 Rustam Ali Farazi initiated the debate standing on a point of order. Later Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Mojibul Haque Chunnu took part in the debate. Farazi questioned the role of the current opposition party and wondered how effective it will be in this role. “Is the present government Awami League government or the government of consensus or the alliance government?,” he asked. He said that if this is the government of consensus then what will be the position of the MPs who are elected as independents. “If the ministers from the opposition party move a bill, what will happen, if their MPs cast their votes against the bill? Then the membership of the ministers will not be valid,” he said, according to a news agency.