Bangladesh's opposition Gano Forum on Thursday expelled a prominent leader, a day after he took oath as a parliamentarian defying the decision of the party that rejected the January 30 polls claiming it to be "massively rigged".
Sultan Mohammad Mansur, who won the Moulvibazar-2 seat on the ticket of Kamal Hossain-led Gano Forum, was sworn in as a lawmaker by Speaker Shirin Sharmin on Wednesday.
Mansur "has betrayed" the "principles and ideals" of the Gano Forum and "violated the party's constitution", Forum's general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu told media here.
"We are expelling Sultan Mansur...and will take necessary actions against him later," he added.
Meanwhile, Mansur claimed he took the oath after consulting the Gano Forum chief Hossain, who also heads the National Unity Forum (NUF) that includes jailed ex-premier Khaleda Zia's party BNP.
NUF, which emerged as the opposition platform just around a month ahead of the general election, conceded a miserable defeat bagging together only eight seats in the 300-seat parliament in the polls that installed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party for the third consecutive term.
BNP bagged six seats, while Gano Forum got two, a situation prompting
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