Sunday's sitting was earlier stirred over a
statement by another BNP MP Syeda Ashifa Ashrafi Papia.
As tensions ran high in the House, Speaker
Chaudhury asked the MPs to speak as per the
Rules of Procedure, specially,
sub-section 6 of section 270.
Section 270 elaborates rules the lawmakers
have to follow while speaking in the House. Sub-section 6 prohibits using "offensive,
abusive, vulgar expressions."
Awami League Whip ASM Feroz termed MP
Ranu's statement 'indecent' and called for expunging it from the proceedings.Speaker Chaudhury said the remarks would be
examined and excluded as per Section 307. She gave similar assurances on
speeches of Papia.
BNP MPs,
joining Parliament after 83
business days, walked into the House led by MK Anwar on Sunday.
Speaking on the supplementary budget, Ranu
claimed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's family members were involved in
corruption in the Pama bridge project.
A MP from the seats reserved for women in
Parliament, she claimed the World Bank pulled out of the project as information
on 12 percent bribe went out. She said names of those involved with 10 percent
of the 'bribe' had been published but those involved with the rest two percent
had not been named.
"A recent report run by a Canadian TV
channel said the Prime Minister's family members are involved with the two
percent," she said without specifying.
Ranu warned the opposition would not let
the government play games over the caretaker government issue.
She said ruling party's assertions to bring
back BNP's Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman with Interpol's assistance was
merely a 'political game’.
Last month, Home Minister
MK Alamgir had
said the government would take steps as per court directives to haul back
Tarique for violating bail bond conditions signed during the last caretaker
government.
Ranu suggested the Awami League leaders
start working on saving their skin instead of going after Tarique. She said the
government will have to pay for what it did to the opposition BNP-Jamaat
alliance, and the Hifazat-e Islam.
The BNP deputy said Information Minister
Hasanul Haq Inu was the 'greatest enemy' of the media and alleged the
government was controlling mediapersons "with guns and sticks."
She alleged the Prime Minister was an
'instigator of atheism' and took a swipe at the Home Minister.
Earlier in the session, Papiya, speaking on
a Point of Order, 'denounced' Hasina's statement on Tarique on Thursday.
She said the BNP Senior Vice Chairman was
abroad for treatment. "He does not do politics by signing bonds."
Papiya alleged the ruling MPs were
delivering false, fabricated and confusing statements.
At one stage, Papiya, known for launching
scathing attacks on the ruling party, termed Foreign Minister Dipu Moni a
'hybrid' leader.
Several ruling party lawmakers, including
Deputy Leader of Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, tried to attract the
Speaker's attention as the BNP MP was speaking.
However, the Speaker did not turn off the
mike in a mark of flexible attitude towards the opposition.
Ruling party's Fazle Rabbi Miah MP,
speaking after Papiya, demanded that her statement be expunged.
Abdul Mannan MP also echoed Miah and said
opposition lawmaker Papiya had made 'indecent' remarks about the Prime Minister
and the Foreign Minister.
"I
strongly condemn her statements," he said.
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