BSS, Dhaka
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Thursday formally informed the parliament about vacating the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) constituency 275 of Shahid Islam Papul, who was an independent lawmaker of Lakhipur-2.
The speaker informed the House of the matter as per the rules of procedure.
On January 28, a Kuwaiti court sentenced Bangladeshi lawmaker Kazi Shahidul Islam Papul to four-year rigorous imprisonment on the charges of human-trafficking and money laundering and that’s why the concerned lawmaker was declared disqualified as a lawmaker of parliament as per the constitution.
The parliamentary constituency has been declared vacant from January 28, 2021 and the parliament secretariat has published a gazette notification as per the law.