Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said that she has accepted the resignation letters of five of the BNP MPs, who submitted applications on Sunday.
“They have submitted seven applications to me, but only five of them were physically present. Those five seats are now vacant,” she told journalists on Sunday.
The speaker later mentioned that she would examine the last two resignation letters before making a decision, as the MPs were not present there physically.
All seven Members of Parliament (MPs) of BNP tendered their resignation to Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday as part of their anti-government movement with a 10-point demand that includes dissolution of parliament.
The BNP MPs submitted their resignation letters at 12:20pm, Mohammad Siraj, MP of Bogra-6, told UNB.
The seven lawmakers are Md Zahidur Rahman from Thakurgaon-3, Md Mosharof Hosen from Bogra-4, Gulam Mohammad Siraj from Bogra-6, Md Harunur Rashid from Chapainawabganj-3, Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan from Brahmanbaria-2 and reserved seat MP Rumeen Farhana.
Among them, Md Harunur Rashid of Chapainawabganj-3, who is now in Australia and ailing MP of Brahmanbaria-2 Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan submitted their resignation through Rumeen Farhana.
The MPs sent their resignation through an e-mail on Saturday.
BNP on Saturday unveiled a 10-point charter of demands from the Golapbagh rally aimed at unseating the government through a simultaneous movement.