At the maiden session of the parliament, Menon, who got elected as an MP in the 11th parliament from the Dhaka 8 constituency, said: “I am equally happy and perplexed about the 11th parliament. I struggled to answer when questions were raised [by journalists] on my way to the Chamber today [Wednesday] on what should be our [elected members of the Awami League–led alliance’s] role in the House. “We had been asked why we are not sitting in the opposition side. In this context, I must say that I am afraid we [Awami League–led alliance members] are yet to be consulted on what our role should be in the House. Since then, speculations have been swirling in the political spectrum that member parties of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance are quite baffled and unhappy regarding the move by the prime minister.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 30, 2019 16:07 UTC