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Speaker elected breaking tradition

By Staff Correspondent
Abdur Rahman Biswas and Sheikh Razzak All both belong ing to the BNP have been elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the fifth parliament.
The House was set tn a dtvi slon to elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker breaking all tradition and precedence tn the parliamentary history of the nation. The division was called for. when the opposition party Awaml League proposed the names of Salahuddln Yousuf as speaker and Asaduzzaman as deputy speaker against the BNP candidates
After a tong debate mostly parti.I pa ted by .the opposition members for nearly three hours including two short ad journments of the House one for half an hour and another for ten minutes the Speaker called for the division in the house
Abdur Rahman Biswas and Sheikh Razzak All proposed by the Treasury bench polled 187 votes each while 97 members voted against them
During the division mem bers belonging to the Jamaat e Islam!. Hashed Khan Menon of the Workers Party. Salahuddln Kader C howdhury of the National Democratic Party. Shahjahan Sira) of the JSD and the three indepen dent members supported the BNP candidates
On the other hand, the five members of the CPB. four members of the BAKSAL and one member of the NAP sup ported the proposal of the Awaml League
Mr Suranjit Sengupta of Ganotantrt Party. Mouiana Obaldul Haq of Islam! Otkkya Jote and Jatiya Party members abstained from voting.
Speaker Shamsul Huda Chowdhury told the House that he received the first proposal from the BNP at 7.30 am and the second from the Awaml League at 7.50 am yesterday.
Accordingly the Speaker called for placing the propos als
When the Speaker Shamsul Huda Chowdhury read the proposal of the Awaml League. Leader of the House Begum Khaleda Zia took the floor and proposed for adjournment of the House for half an hour to discuss this issue.
The leaders of the smaller parties. Suranjit Sengupta. Salahuddln Quader Chowdhury. Shahjahan Straj. and Hashed Khan Menon tried for a con-
sensus. But. ultimately ihetr esercises proved Io be futile From the very beginning Awaml League President Sheikh Hasina Insisted on a division of the House under rule 8 clause 4 of the rules of procedure
Later Leader of the House Khaleda Zia gave a call to the opposition leader to withdraw their proposal but that too fell on deaf ears
At this stage Hashed Khan Menon tried to arrange a meeUng between Leader of the House and Leader of the Opposition But that also failed when none of the two leaders agreed to approach the other