Staff Reporter:
The newly elected members of parliament for the reserved women seats of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad will take their oath today.
The oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MPs to the reserved women seats will be held today at 9:00 pm at the oath room (East Block, Level-1) of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, according to Jatiya Sang-sad Secretariat.
Earlier, on April 30, the Election Commission (EC) published a gazette notification announcing the names of 49 MPs elected unopposed to the reserved women seats of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
According to the gazette, based on the allocation of seats among political parties and alliances, 36 MPs were elected from the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance.
In addition, 12 MPs were elected from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its alliance, while one woman MP was elected from a coalition formed by six independent MPs.
Those elected from the BNP-led alliance are: Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Re-hana Akter Ranu, Newaz Halima Arli, Mst. Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Sakila Farzana, Helen Jerin Khan, Nilofar Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Jeba Amina Khan, Mahamuda Habiba, Mst. Sabira Sultana, Sansila Jebrin, Sanjida Islam, Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Haque, Anna Minj, Subarna Sikdar, Shamima Ara Begum Swapna, Mosammat Shammi Akter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Bithika Binte Hoss-ain, Mst. Suraiya Jerin, Mansura Akter, Joharat Adib Chowdhury, Momtaz Alo, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Mst. Sanjida Yasmin, Nadia Pathan Papon, Shaukat Ara Akter, Madhabi Marma, Selina Sultana and Rezeka Sultana.
Those elected from the Jamaat-led alliance are: Nurunnisa Siddika, Marjia Begum, Sabikun Nahar, Mst. Najmun Nahar, Mahfuza Hannan, Sajeda Samad, Shamsunnahar Begum, Mardia Momtaz, Rokeya Begum, Mahamuda Alam Mitu, Tasmia Pradhan and Mahbuba Hakim.
Besides, Sultana Jesmin was elected from the independent alliance.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission yesterday declared valid the nomination paper of Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti, a candidate from the Jamaat alliance and a leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP), for a re-served women seat in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
