Opposition leader in the Jatiya Sangsad Shafiqur Rahman on Monday submitted an adjournment motion to the House seeking a discussion on the ongoing fuel crisis.

Explaining the move, he said that opposition lawmakers wanted to work ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with treasury bench members to ease public sufferings and help the government tackle the situation.

The fuel crisis has emerged due to global tensions, particularly to the US–Iran war, but the ordinary people are bearing the brunt, he said.

‘All the lawmakers have the responsibility to discuss the “burning” issue in the House,’ he said.

Deputy speaker Kayser Kamal, who chaired the sitting, said that the issue had already been addressed by the power energy and mineral resources minister under section 300 of the rules of procedure of the Jatiya Sangsad.

Shafiqur, however, said that the minister’s statement did not reflect the ground reality and called for broader participation of lawmakers in the discussion.

Earlier, on March 30, minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood told parliament that there was no fuel shortage in the country.

Home minister Salahuddin Ahmed opposed the adjournment motion, suggesting that the opposition leader could raise the issue under section 68 of the rules of procedure, which allows short discussions on urgent public matters.

He also noted that two adjournment motions had already been placed in the current first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad and allowing another could set a precedent.

Shafiqur accepted the proposal but requested that lawmakers be given one and a half hours to discuss the ‘burning’ issue.

Earlier, he had submitted an adjournment motion on March 29 regarding the implementation of the July National Charter (Reform of Constitution) Order 2025, while treasury bench lawmaker Zainul Abdin Farroque on April 1 brought an adjustment motion to discuss the implementation of the July National Charter.