The ceremony began at the oath-taking chamber of the parliament at 11am Thursday, with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administering oaths of office to Awami League MPs, who will form the largest bloc. Speaker Chaudhury began by administering the oath of office on herself and then proceeded to reading out the oath to other MPs. The Jatiya Paty MPs were sworn in around 12.30pm, but party chairman and former military strongman HM Ershad was not there. The ruling Awami League and its close allies with the boat symbol have swept the results of the 11th national election held on Sunday, securing 267 seats. Jatiya Party, an ally in the ruling party-led coalition, came in second with 20 seats with the plough symbol, but its leaders are yet to decide whether the party will remain on as the main opposition party. The Jatiya Oikya Front, the opposition alliance that includes the BNP, won seven seats. The alliance has rejected the outcome of the election as 'farcical' citing rigging and violence.
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