The BNP has convened an ‘urgent’ press conference for Saturday after it failed to secure police permission in the last nine days for its planned rally on the same day at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
Party Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir would address the press meet at 11am at the party’s headquarters at Dhaka’s Naya Paltan.
Rizvi told reporters on Friday night: “It’s 10pm now. Still we haven’t got any permission letter. Party acting secretary general will speak about the next course of action tomorrow (Saturday) at 11am.”
BNP had applied for permission for its proposed Nov 7 rally marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ to Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner on Oct 27.
The party sent another letter to the DMP commissioner on Oct 29 informing him that it would organise the rally on Nov 8 instead of Nov 7 and sought permission for that.
BNP chief Khaleda Zia was supposed to address the gathering.
Party Joint Secretary General Barkat Ullah Bulu and Dhaka city committee adviser Abdus Salam went to DMP commissioner’s office at Bailey Road on Friday afternoon but came back empty-handed as they found no one there to talk about the permission.
Later at 8pm, Mirza Fakhrul sat with BNP city committee leaders to discuss the next course of action.
City committee convener Mirza Abbas and member secretary Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel, party chairperson’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintu, Bulu and Rizvi were present at the meeting.
Source: Bd news24