In the 13th parliamentary elections held on 12 February, Tarique Rahman contested from Bogura-6 and Dhaka-17 constituencies and was elected from both.
He later vacated the Bogura-6 seat and took oath as the member of parliament for Dhaka-17.
The letter signed by the principal secretary to the prime minister states, “Tarique Rahman, the member of parliament elected from Dhaka-17, has taken oath as the honourable prime minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. To facilitate the day-to-day affairs of the people of the prime minister’s parliamentary constituency (Dhaka-17), the prime minister’s assistant personal secretary-2, Abdur Rahman Sani, has been appointed as the representative of the constituency.”