Sangsad Bhaban, April 19 -- The arrest of a social media content creator for sharing an innocuous cartoon sparked a heated debate in Parliament on Sunday after Hasnat Abdullah, the National Citizen Party MP from Cumilla-4, raised the issue in the House.

"We can't even imagine Hasan Nasim being arrested for sharing a cartoon after this election. We saw such arrests for insults during Hasina's regime," he said.

Hasnat initially took the floor to express dismay over the practice of tabling of questions-and-answers, as MPs are being deprived of questioning ministers directly and thus parliamentary accountability is being undermined.

In response, Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal, who was chairing the House, suggested the lawmaker submit a formal...