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Nurul Islam Moni made chief whip
Nurul Islam Moni MP
Dhaka, Mar 2 – BNP lawmaker Nurul Islam Moni MP of Bagura-2 constituency has been appointed as chief whip of the 13th national parliament.
A gazette notification was issued by the National Parliament Secretariat as per the order of the President on Monday.
Besides, six more MPs were appointed as whips. Separate gazette notifications were issued in this regard.
The newly appointed whips are G K Gaus (Habiganj-3), Rakibul Islam Bakul (Khulna-3), Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu (Shariatpur-3), M Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu (Natore-2), Akhtaruzzaman Mia (Dinajpur-4) and ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan (Lakshmipur-4).
Nurul Islam was elected as an independent MP from Barguna-2 in the 1988 and 1991 parliamentary elections.
He later joined the BNP after the 1991 polls and was elected as an MP with the party’s nomination in 2001. He was re-elected from the same constituency in the latest election. - UNB