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AL MPs rap 90-day red mark as session starts today
1/23/2006
As parliament goes into session today (Monday), Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina and her 55 deputies will have to count days to the 90-day deadline in absence from the House without leave.
If they failed to show up before the expiry of consecutive 90 days' time, they would lose their parliament membership for crossing the limit.
According to available statistics, Sheikh Hasina, who is leading a prolonged boycott of the Jatiya Sangsad sessions, remained absent for 77 sitting days in a row without leave of parliament, reports UNB.
She is followed by theatre-celebrity-turned-lawmaker of her party Asaduzzaman Noor who stayed away from the House for 74 days and Tanjib Ahmed Sohel Taj for 71 days.
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil has been absent for 69 days, Zillur Rahman 64 days while Deputy Opposition Leader Abdul Hamid and Opposition Chief Whip Vice-principal Abdus Shaheed for 62 days each.
A list of other the truant AL lawmakers in the eighth parliament is as follows: Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim remained absent for 62 days, Suranjit Sen Gupta (64 days), ASHK Sadeq (62 days), Abdur Rajjak (62 days), M Nasim (62 days), Kazi Jafar Ullah (66 days), Dawan Farid Gazi (65 days), Shawkat Ali (62 days), Sheikh Helal Uddin (62 days), M Dabirul Islam (66 days), M Mustafijur Rahman (62 days), Hamida Banu Shova (62 days), Matar Hussain (62 days), Lutfur Rahman (62 days), Samsur Rahman Sharif (62 days), M Abdul Hai (62 days), M Shirajul Akbar (63 days), Talukdar Abdul Khalek (62 days), Panchanan Biswas (62 days), AKM Jahangir Hussain (62 days), M Abdur Rajjak (62 days), M Mahbubur Rahman (64 days), M Delwar Hussain (62 days), M Akabbar Hussain (64 days), Mirza Azam (70 days), Rejaul Karim Hira (69 days), M Ataur Rahman Atik (62 days), Pramad Mankin (62 days), Mujubur Rahman Fakir (63 days), Abdul Matin Sirkar (63 days), Altaf Hussain Galandaz (13 days), M Aman Ullah (62 days), Alauddin Ahmad (64 days), MA Mannan (62 days), Sayed Ashraful Islam (67 days), Rahmat Ali (62 days), Rajuddin Ahmad Raju (62 days), M Faruq Khan (62 days), Nur-e-Alam Chowdhury (Liton) (63 days), Shahjahan Khan (63 days), Sayed Abul Hussain (69 days), Najmul Hasan Jahed (31 days), Inamul Haq (62 days), M Saidul Haq (62 days), M Ali (69 days), Rafiqul Anwar (65 days), ABM Fajle Karim Chowdhury (62 days), Bari Bahadur (62 days), M Jahid Ahsan Rassel (62 days).
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