On Friday, Ershad, who has nominated himself as the leader of the opposition, informed speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhary of the Jatiya Party’s choice of Ranga as the opposition whip in a letter. “The Jatiya Party will assume the role of the main opposition in the 11th national parliament. I am nominating the party’s secretary general Moshiur Rahman Ranga as the chief whip of the opposition,” read the signed letter from Ershad. The government chief whip in parliament enjoys the status of a minister while other whips hold the rank of state ministers. But no such ministerial rank is allocated to opposition whips.

Source: bd News24 January 05, 2019 07:30 UTC