Opposition BNP did not turn up in Parliament on Thursday as ''indecent'' remarks were made against Khaleda Zia in the House by the Information Minister on Wednesday, according to the opposition chief whip, reports UNB.
BNP lawmakers joined first day of the fifth session (budget session) on Wednesday and staged a walkout protesting the cancellation of the declaration of Bengali daily Amar Desh and the arrest of its acting editor Mahmudur Rahman.
Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque told UNB on Thursday evening that Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad, without mentioning the reasoning behind the closing down of Amar Desh and arrest of its editor Mahmudur Rahman, rather spoke against Khaleda Zia using ''indecent'' language in the House on Wednesday.
"So we did not go to Parliament today," he said.
He said the Information Minister stated in the House that he does not know anything about the shutdown of the daily.
After the question hour on Wednesday, Zainul said on a point of order that they have protested the closing down of the daily, and the arrest of its acting editor, but the Information Minister was unable to give a coherent reply.
He further said the Speaker could have given BNP the floor to speak about the shutdown of the daily before the beginning of the question hour, but he didn''t.
The opposition chief whip demanded release of the Amar Desh editor and withdrawal of the cancellation of declaration of Amar Desh.
Farroque said his party''s just demands which were made earlier, including an end to the indecent remarks against late president Ziaur Rahman, BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her family, allowing Begum Zia''s personal physician and staff to enter her Dhaka cantonment residence, and allowing the minutes of the daily Parliament sessions to be sent to her residence.
Earlier, BNP was undecided about joining the ongoing fifth session, but decided to do so on Wednesday to raise their voices against the closing down of Amar Desh on Tuesday, and drum up people''s support against the government''s action from Parliament.
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