The Dhaka south city corporation have allowed ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to hold rallies in front of their central offices on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of January 5 general election.
Dhaka south city corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon disclosed this at a press conference at Nagar Bhaban around noon.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzman Miah said they are allowing both parties to hold rallies in Dhaka on Tuesday on several conditions. No parties would allowed to bring out any procession to joint the rallies; none would be allowed to block roads and none would be allowed to carry festoons, he said. Both the parties will have to conclude their rallies by 5:00pm, he said.
The DMP boss said police would deal with heavy hands if anyone tries to create anarchy for ensure public safety.
The Awami League and BNP sought permission for holding rally at Suhrawardy Udyan at the same time on Tuesday and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police declined allow any of the parties for maintaining public safety and order.
Meanwhile, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a news briefing on Monday said their rally in the capital on Tuesday would be ‘peaceful’.
He came up with the statement at a news briefing at BNP central office at 12:30pm when the party did not get permission of holding rally either in front of BNP central office at Nayapaltan or at Suhrawardy Udyan.
Replying to a question, Fakhrul said BNP would not go for any kind of programme of clash if it denied permission to hold rally either at Nayapaltan or Suhrawardy Udyan.
BNP has sought permission to the authorities concerned to hold public meeting either at in front of the party’s central office at Nayapaltan or Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday to mark January 5 as ‘Democracy Killing Day’.
Fakhrul said still they did not get any response from the authorities concerned to hold their rally.
He expressed hope that they would get cooperation from the government to exercise their fundamental and democratic rights.
He said some leaders of the ruling party heated up the situation centering the rally to mark January 5.
Source: New Age