"The next session is two months away. We don't know what will be the country's situation at that time. Our parliamentary party will take a decision considering the circumstances," Deputy Leader of the Opposition Abdul Hamid told newsmen at a briefing yesterday evening.

Asked if they will resign from the Jatiya Sangsad, Hamid said, "What's the use of staying there when we are denied of our rights and the rules of procedures are violated."

Referring to Wednesday's unprecedented protest in front of the speaker's podium demanding discussion on the assassination attempt on Sheikh Hasina he said their agitation was peaceful.

He said they were not unruly like the BNP lawmakers who, when in opposition, had damaged microphones and TV cameras.

He blamed Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar for allowing government's autocratic acts in the House.

He also wondered why the speaker did not expunge Obaid's statement calling senior AL leader Mohammad Nasim a naughty boy, adding, "Obaid is an accused in the four national leaders' murder case. He should not use such language."

He termed the statements of the speaker and some treasury bench members that his party had agreed for a discussion on the August 21 grenade incident under rules other than 62 as 'blatant lies'.

The deputy opposition leader also questioned under what rule the speaker had allowed the treasury bench members to spit venom at AL members in the name of discussion that lacked sincerity.

Hamid said the refusal of adjournment motion and spitting venom on AL lawmakers proved that the BNP-Jamaat-led alliance was involved in the grenade attempt on the AL president that missed the target but left 22 others dead.

He dismissed the claim of the treasury bench that no discussion under rule 62 was held in parliament since independence. Citing instances he said discussion under rule 62 took place on April 23 and October 28, 1991, January 8, 1992 and September 20, 1993 when BNP was in power.

One was on the citizenship of the then Jamaat's ameer Gulam Azam, although a case was pending with the High Court. So, the speaker's claim that discussion on assassination attempt on Hasina can't take place as a case is pending does not hold good, he added.