Mirza Faisal Amin and Eliza Zaman Take Oath as MPs
Mirza Faisal Amin, newly elected MP from Thakurgaon-1, and Eliza Zaman, elected to reserved women’s seat-23 in a by-election, have taken oath as members of parliament.
National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad administered their oath on Tuesday (November 3) afternoon.
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman was present at the oath-taking ceremony.
Mirza Faisal Amin, the BNP-nominated candidate in the by-election for Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar-Ruhia-Bhulli), won with 227,917 votes under the party’s ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ symbol.
His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain, received 96,513 votes. The difference between the two candidates was 131,404 votes.
Meanwhile, Eliza Zaman was elected unopposed in the by-election for reserved women’s seat-23 in the 13th National Parliament. The Election Commission (EC) declared her elected on Monday after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers had passed. An official gazette notification has also been published in this regard.
The seat fell vacant on October 1 after Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti, a BNP MP from a reserved women’s seat, resigned. The Election Commission subsequently arranged a by-election for the seat.
