JP to skip JS session until Quader named opposition leader

Jatiya Party will not to join Parliament sessions till the speaker recognises GM Quader as the leader of the opposition instead of Raushan Ershad, the party decided in a meeting on Sunday.

It disclosed the plan after its parliamentary party sat with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, according to media reports.

The speaker then offered no hint of a positive decision in this regard coming soon, said Khandakar Delwar Jalali, JP press secretary.

Jatiya Party’s parliamentary party, he added, has decided GM Quader will be head of their parliamentary delegation  and informed the matter to the speaker in writing.

Currently, Raushan Ershad is the opposition leader who has been abroad for a long time for medical treatment with GM Quader as her deputy.

Earlier on September 3, the parliamentary party proposed to make GM Quader the opposition leader of the parliament instead of Raushan.

The 20th session of the current parliament began Sunday and will continue till November 6.