The BNP-led 19-party alliance has again changed its planned Suhrawardy Udyan rally shifting it to Monday from Sunday.
The party has rescheduled the rally for Monday as the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) of the second phase of Biswa Ijtema will be held on Sunday, said a BNP press on Saturday night.
The release, signed by BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, said the rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan will begin at 2pm on Monday.
He also urged the leaders and activists of the 19-party and its associate bodies to make the rally a success with their spontaneous participation.
The 19-party will stage the rally protesting the law enforcers’ obstruction to their January-29 black-flags processions, killing and forced disappearances of its leaders and activists and repression on them.
Earlier on Friday, the alliance deferred the rally to Sunday for the smooth inauguration of Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
The second phase of Biswa Ijtema that began on Friday morning on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi on the outskirts of the capital concludes on Sunday through the Akheri Munajat.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday announced the programme at a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the city.
The 19-party alliance was scheduled to take out black-flag processions across the country, including the capital, on Wednesday protesting the sitting of the 10th parliament formed through what the party said January-5 ‘farcical and voter-less’ elections. The 10th parliament went into its maiden session on Wednesday.
But they could not stage the programme in the capital as the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) denied them permission for holding the programme.
The law enforcers also reportedly attacked the 19-party’s black-flag processions in different parts of the country, prompting the alliance to announce the countrywide demonstration programmes, including in the capital for Saturday.
Source: UNBConnect