Amendment to Constitution
Suranjit urges BNP to cooperate
Suranjit Sengupta, co-chair of the parliamentary special committee on the constitutional amendment, yesterday urged the main opposition BNP to cooperate with the process for amending the constitution.
"We co-operated with the process for passing the constitution's 11th and 12th amendment act during the then BNP government's tenure in 1991. So, we hope this time they will also cooperate us by joining the special committee," said Suranjit.
Suranjit, also chief of the parliamentary standing committee on the law ministry, made the urge while briefing journalists at the parliament's media centre.
He also responded to a remark of BNP lawmaker Moudud Ahmed who said BNP, if able to get two-third majority, will scrap the constitutional provision through which the current government is going to declare Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the father of the nation.
Suranjit said they will make the clause "unchangeable", which declares Bangabandhu as the father of the nation
The multi-party parliamentary body, formed in July last year and devoid of representation from the main opposition BNP, will start today holding marathon meeting, which will continue for the next three days.
The meeting will begin in the morning everyday and continue till evening with interval during lunchtime to complete the task as soon as possible, so that a bill to amend the constitution can be placed in the parliament's next session at the end of April and early of May.
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