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The Dhaka Times Desk The journey of the 10th National Parliament is starting. The first session is sitting today. The opposition party in the 10th National Assembly is the Jatiya Party led by Roshan Ershad.

This is the first time in the history of the country that the National Party is sitting in the seat of the main opposition party mainly from the partnership of the government. Jatiya Party presidium member Begum Roshan Ershad is sitting in the seat of the main opposition leader. BNP, the main opposition party of the previous parliament and the country's largest party, which led 19 parties, will not be in the parliament.

So far 297 members have taken oath in the 10th Parliament. Among them, there are 231 people from Awami League, 34 people from Jatiya Party, 6 people from Workers Party, 5 people from Jasad (Inur), 2 people from Tarikat Federation, 2 people from JP (Manzoor) and one member from BNF.

Although the January 5 election was widely criticized in the country and abroad. Nevertheless, the election was conducted according to the normal laws of the country. Awami League formed the government accordingly. Everything is going according to law. Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury is sitting on the deputy leader's seat like last time in the parliament which is going to start today. Dr. is sitting in the speaker's seat. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury. Advocate Fazle Rabbi has been nominated by Awami League parliamentary party as Deputy Speaker. Although there is a debate about the voter turnout in the election, which was held through the exclusion of the main opposition party, the activities of the tenth Parliament will be somewhat new - said the concerned parties.

Sources in the Parliament Secretariat said that the new Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be elected on the inaugural day today. Awami League parliamentary party meeting as speaker yesterday. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was nominated. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury's legal problem due to not being a member of Parliament has also been resolved. He has already been elected unopposed Member of Parliament from Rangpur. The Election Commission also published the gazette yesterday.

It is known that today, on the first day, President Md. Abdul Hamid will address the parliament. After almost a century, he will enter the Parliament House using the Presidential Plaza of the Parliament. The concerned officials said that the former president late Zillur Rahman used to read the summary while addressing the parliament. But the current president will read his entire speech. And he will speak not sitting, but standing. And his speech will take about 50 minutes.

It is still not possible to say how lively this parliament will be without the main party of the country, BNP. However, political analysts say that the ruling Jatiya Party, as an opposition party, does not seem to be able to play a major role in the parliament. But time will tell what role the Jatiya Party can play as an opposition party. Proof of political foresight of Jatiya Party will also be found this time.

look back

On 25 January 2009, the journey of the ninth parliament began. On 24 January 2014, the term of the Ninth Parliament ended. The 19th session of the 9th Parliament created a new record due to the 418 working days. On the other hand, the opposition party BNPO created a new record by boycotting the parliament. In the 9th parliament, the opposition party went for only 76 working days. And opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia has only been gone for 10 working days. 271 laws were enacted in the Ninth Parliament. Which is many times more than the previous parliaments.