Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher have been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Opposition respectively in the 13th Parliament. The National Citizen Party (NCP) convener, Nahid Islam, a member of the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance, has been designated as the Opposition Chief Whip in parliament.
Yesterday, at 12:23 pm, the newly elected Jamaat representatives were sworn in as parliament members. Subsequently, at 12:27 pm, they took the oath as members of the Constitution Reform Council. The oath ceremonies were conducted in the oath room of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin administering the oaths separately.
Around 1:00 pm, the NCP elected candidates also took their oaths. Following the oath-taking, a meeting was convened by members of the 11-party alliance at the parliament complex. The decision to appoint the leaders was made during this meeting, as stated by Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair, Jamaat’s assistant secretary-general and head of the central publicity and media department.
Shafiqur secured victory in the Dhaka-15 constituency, defeating BNP candidate Md Shafiqul Islam Khan by 21,614 votes, garnering a total of 85,131 votes. In Cumilla-11 (Chouddagram), Taher emerged victorious with 133,308 votes using the party’s scales symbol, triumphing over Kamrul Huda, the joint general secretary of BNP’s Cumilla South district unit.
Nahid won the election in Dhaka-11 with 93,872 votes under the Shapla Koli symbol. His closest contender, BNP candidate MA Quayum, received 91,833 votes.
