Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia distributed food and clothes among destitute people in the capital for the second day on Sunday marking the 34th death anniversary of late president and party founder Ziaur Rahman.
Khaleda started the food distribution from in front of Dhaka City Corporation Market at Gulshan-2 around 11:30am and continued till evening at places, including CR Dutta Road, Gabtali, Mirpur, Pallabi, and Uttara in the city.
BNP vice-chairman Selima Rahman, Dhaka City BNP member-secretary Habib-un Nabi Khan Sohel and BNP finance secretary Abdus Salam accompanied Khaleda.
A group Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists also guarded Khaleda’s motorcade, backed by her personal security force, CSF.
Police stopped the BNP activists from erecting a makeshift stage in front of Gulshan-2 DCC Market for the food distribution, witnesses said.
Khaleda, however, was allowed to distribute food at the footpath in front of the DCC market.
The Gulshan police officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam said BNP did not take permission to erect any podium for food distribution in the area, but BNP Gulshan unit vice-president Faruqe Hossain Bhuiyan said they had taken written approval from police in this regard.
After distributing food at Mohakhali and Shahinbagh, the BNP chief inaugurated a photo exhibition at National Press Club around 1:30pm. She later continued food distribution from CR Dutta road to Gabtali, Mirpur, Pallabi, and Uttara.
BNP-backed student organisation Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal organised the day-long photo exhibition on the life of Ziaur Rahman. The photos of Zia were taken during his participation in the Liberation War and when he was in the office as president.
JCD president Rajib Ahsan and general secretary Akramul Hasan and former JCD leaders were present.
The BNP chief on Saturday also distributed food among poor at 25 places in the capital marking Zia’s death.
Zia was killed by some disgruntled army officers in Chittagong on May 30, 1981.
Khaleda started the food distribution from in front of Dhaka City Corporation Market at Gulshan-2 around 11:30am and continued till evening at places, including CR Dutta Road, Gabtali, Mirpur, Pallabi, and Uttara in the city.
BNP vice-chairman Selima Rahman, Dhaka City BNP member-secretary Habib-un Nabi Khan Sohel and BNP finance secretary Abdus Salam accompanied Khaleda.
A group Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists also guarded Khaleda’s motorcade, backed by her personal security force, CSF.
Police stopped the BNP activists from erecting a makeshift stage in front of Gulshan-2 DCC Market for the food distribution, witnesses said.
Khaleda, however, was allowed to distribute food at the footpath in front of the DCC market.
The Gulshan police officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam said BNP did not take permission to erect any podium for food distribution in the area, but BNP Gulshan unit vice-president Faruqe Hossain Bhuiyan said they had taken written approval from police in this regard.
After distributing food at Mohakhali and Shahinbagh, the BNP chief inaugurated a photo exhibition at National Press Club around 1:30pm. She later continued food distribution from CR Dutta road to Gabtali, Mirpur, Pallabi, and Uttara.
BNP-backed student organisation Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal organised the day-long photo exhibition on the life of Ziaur Rahman. The photos of Zia were taken during his participation in the Liberation War and when he was in the office as president.
JCD president Rajib Ahsan and general secretary Akramul Hasan and former JCD leaders were present.
The BNP chief on Saturday also distributed food among poor at 25 places in the capital marking Zia’s death.
Zia was killed by some disgruntled army officers in Chittagong on May 30, 1981.
Source: New Age
