Dhaka, June 29 -- Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has informed parliament that around Tk 200 million will be allocated for the constituencies of opposition MPs.

The parliamentary session on Monday was held under the chairmanship of Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad. Leader of the Opposition Md Shafiqur Rahman was first to speak. Then Mirza Fakhrul made a statement under Rule 300.

Mirza Fakhrul had initially wanted to make a statement at the end of the session on Sunday. However, when opposition members walked out after they did not get the opportunity to speak on the point of order, he said that he would make the statement on Monday.

In that statement, the local government minister s...