Parliament declares Mishti's seat vacant
BNP's reserved women seat MP Firdousi Ahmed Mishti who resigned on Thursday as per instruction made by PM Tarique Rahman.
After BNP's reserved women MP Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti submitted her resignation, the National Parliament Secretariat declared her seat vacant. A notification to this effect was issued on Thursday.
Earlier, around 1:45 pm, Mishti met with National Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and submitted her resignation letter.
Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti was elected as a reserved women's seat MP in the 13th National Parliament with BNP's nomination.
Recently, it was learned that the MP was reportedly involved in an attack, vandalism, and looting of Radda Hospital in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Multiple sources at BNP's top level told Agamir Somoy that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had ordered Mishti to resign from her MP position over allegations of involvement in the attack, looting, and vandalism at Radda MCH-FP Health Center in Mirpur, Dhaka. She is also a joint convener of the recently dissolved Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP committee.
According to their information, the head of government gave this instruction to Mishti on Wednesday.
On September 25, past midnight, more than two hundred people attacked Radda Health Center, which has been providing healthcare to poor mothers and children for nearly five decades. They took the security guards hostage, entered the health center, and looted medicines, medical equipment, and various other items. Later, a permanent structure and three semi-permanent structures of the health center were demolished with heavy machinery. After that, a signboard of "Samamona Dokandar Samabay Samiti Limited" was hung there.
The incident occurred while the Prime Minister was in New York. After returning home and learning about the matter, he inquired in detail about the such an unwarranted event and expressed his intense anger. At the same time, he ordered action against those involved in the attack and also directed that it be investigated whether any leader or activist of the party at any level was involved in the incident.
Sources claim that the party has information about Mishti's involvement behind the attack on Radda Health Center. In light of this, she was ordered to resign from her parliamentary seat.
However, Mishti has denied allegations of her involvement in the attack. She said that although her name was tagged with the society, she has no involvement in the vandalism. She wants the police to investigate into the matter as per laws of the country.
