MP gives 'false' bio-data to parliament?
Moulvibazar BNP leaders say they can prove Shaheen's 'falsehood'
Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar
Conflict between independent lawmaker MM Shaheen (Moulvibazar-2 constituency) and Moulvibazar district BNP has taken a new turn following the ruling party's fresh allegation against the lawmaker.Leaders of Moulvibazar BNP have alleged at a press conference that Shaheen had given "false information" about his educational qualification in his bio-data submitted to parliament. They have demanded his resignation as a lawmaker for giving "false statement". Senior Vice President of district BNP Mujibur Rahman Mujib read out a written statement at the press conference, held at Moulvibazar Press Club on Tuesday. District BNP General Secretary Fayzul Karim Mayun and leaders of Kulaura upazila BNP, from where Shaheen was elected, were among others present at the press conference. In the written statement, BNP leaders said independent lawmaker Shaheen had stated in his bio-data that he passed BA and BSc and also obtained graduation in computer science from Frankfurt University in Germany in 1981. They said that Shaheen, replying to a question from a BNP lawmaker in parliament, had said that he would resign from parliament if any body can prove that his educational qualification given in the bio-data is false. The BNP leaders said they can prove that Shaheen information was false. They said they came to know from Prof Dr Md Azizur Rahman, Principal of Government Titumeer College in Dhaka, that Shaheen did not pass the HSC examination in 1977-78, according to the tabulation sheet. Moulvibazar BNP President M Naser Rahman MP also obtained a letter from Ralf Breyer of Frankfurt University on August 21 which stated that Shaheen's name was not on the list of computer science students. Shaheen has lost the moral right to represent the people of Kulaura upazila (Moulvibazar-2) in parliament because of the "falsehood", they said. Shaheen's comment was not available as he is abroad now. Mentionably, MM Shaheen was president of Kulaura upazila BNP and vice president of Moulvibazar district BNP. He sought party's nomination in the 2001 parliamentary election from Moulvibazar-2. But Jamaat-e-Islami leader Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman got the nomination as four-party alliance candidate. Shaheen contested the election as an independent candidate and was elected with a big margin. Later Shaheen was expelled from BNP in October 2001. After his election victory, Shaheen tried to return to BNP but was refused.
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