By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Bangladeshi National Party BNP chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday to sworn in as the country next Prime Minister, media reported after the landslide victory of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the national parliament elections.
Rahman, newly-elected MPs are going to take oath of office during the ceremony at Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka.
Tarique Rahman, the son of late former PM Khaleda Zia, who lived in exile in the UK, returned to the country after 17 years ahead of the elections.
Rahman led the BNP to a landslide victory in the elections.
The BNP won 209 of 299 seats, well above the comfortable majority. Bangladesh Parliament has 300 seats but elections on one seat were deferred after the death of a candidate.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Bangladesh PM. Birla will also be accompanied by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
Yunus had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the ceremony but the latter could not attend largely due to prior engagements.
PM Modi held bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbaion Tuesday.
Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that the Speaker’s participation in this important event underscored the deep and enduring friendship between the peoples of India and Bangladesh, reaffirmed India’s steadfast commitment to the democratic values that bind the two nations.
The oath-taking ceremony for the parliament members held at 9:30 am at Parliament Bhawan.
There was another session for the ministerial oath, media reported.
