Jatiya Party on Thursday handed over a letter to Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury requesting her to recognize Chairman GM Quader as leader of the opposition in parliament.
Currently, Raushan Ershad is the opposition leader who has been abroad for a long time for medical treatment with GM Quader as her deputy.
A delegation of the party led by its secretary general and lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu submitted the letter to the speaker at the latter’s office this evening.
“The opposition leader has been sick for a long time, so she is unable to come to parliament due to her sickness. The party took the decision at a meeting where 23 out of its 26 MPs were present and one MP telephoned his consent saying that he will sign the letter later,” Chunnu said.
Earlier, the Jatiya Party at a meeting at its office in parliament decided to make the change and send the decision to the speaker, Chunnu said.
Raushan is now undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangkok.
