Bangladesh women MPs-elect to take oath on Sunday
The newly elected women Members of Parliament (MPs) will take oath on Sunday, formally assuming their roles in the 13th Parliament from reserved seats.
Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, is scheduled to administer the oath at 9.00 pm at the Oath Room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The information was confirmed on Saturday by Monir Hossain, Director of the Parliament Secretariat, statement read.
Earlier, on April 30, the Election Commission issued a gazette notification declaring 49 candidates elected unopposed to the reserved women’s seats. Among the elected lawmakers, 36 are from the BNP-led alliance, 12 from the Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, and one is an independent candidate.
The BNP-led alliance nominees include Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Rehana Akter Ranu, Newaz Halima Arly, Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Shakila Farzana, Helen Jerin Khan, Nilufar Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Zeeba Amina Khan, Mahmuda Habiba, Sabira Sultana, Sunsila Jabrin, Sanjida Islam (Tulee), Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Haque, Anna Minz, Subarna Shikdar, Shamim Ara Begum Swapna, Shammi Akter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Bithika Binte Hossain, Suraiya Jerin, Mansura Akter, Jahrat Adib Chowdhury, Momtaz Alo, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Sanjida Yasmin, Nadia Pathan Papon, Shawkat Ara Akter, Madhabi Marma, Selina Sultana, and Rezeka Sultana.
The Jamaat-led alliance members are Nurunnisa Siddika, Marzia Begum, Sabikun Nahar, Nazmun Nahar, Mahfuza Hannan, Sajeda Samad, Shamsunnahar Begum, Marzdia Momtaz, Rokeya Begum (mother of July martyr Jabir Ibrahim), Mahmuda Alam Mitu (NCP), Tasmia Pradhan (Jagpa), and Mahbuba Hakim (Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish). Sultana Jasmin has been elected as the sole independent MP to a reserved seat.
The Parliament has a total of 50 reserved seats for women. However, one seat—allocated to the National Citizen Party (NCP)—remains vacant. The Election Commission rejected the nominations of two NCP aspirants: Monira Sharmin was declared ineligible, while Nusrat Tabassum failed to submit her nomination papers on time.
