, July 23 -- Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud on Thursday said there is no scope for the Election Commission to take direct action based on a letter from Jamaat-e-Islam over the parliament membership status of its expelled leader Gazi Nazrul Islam MP (Satkhira-4).

"I don't think there is any scope to take direct action on the basis of a letter alone," he said adding that the question of whether an MP loses his or her parliamentary seat after being expelled from a political party remains a highly controversial issue.

The Election Commissioner made the remark while talking to reporters at his office in Nirbachan Bhaban in the city's Agargaon area.

Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday expelled Satkhira-4 lawmaker Gazi Nazrul Islam on gr...