The main opposition on Tuesday staged a brief walkout from Parliament protesting the passage of Bank Company (Amendment) Bill 2018.

Talking to reporters, Opposition Chief Whip Tajul Islam Choudhury said they staged walkout as Finance Minister in his speech said there is no more scope to make any change in the bill before the placement of amendment motions in the House, reports the UNB.

‘Since we’ve not placed our amendment motions for the bill, there is no scope for the Finance Minister to say that it is not possible for him to accept amendment proposals and he requested us to withdraw our amendment proposals,’ he said.

Tajul said at this stage they tried to bring the issue to notice of Deputy Speaker who was in the chair, but the Speaker did not allow us to speak.

‘This is why we staged walkout, otherwise we will stay till the last moment,’ he said.

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Kazi Firoz Rashid told reporters that the passage of the amendment bill will pave the way to enhance influence of some families in the country’s banks.

Jatiya Party MPs returned to the House after the passage of the bill.

Earlier, the opposition MPs strongly criticised the amendment bill in the House saying that it will protect interests of some particular individuals not common people.