BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday left for Sylhet to address a public rally there on Saturday, aiming to drum up public support in favour of the opposition’s demand for arranging the next polls under a non-party administration.
Khaleda, also the leader of the opposition in Parliament, started the journey from her Gulshan residence at about 5:40pm.
She is scheduled to stay overnight at Sylhet Circuit House on Friday and will address the rally on Saturday afternoon.
As part of its movement strategy, the BNP-led 18-party alliance is going to arrange the rally at Sylhet Alia Madrasah ground.
This will be the fifth rally out of eight the 18-party planned to arrange in eight regions of the country to increase people’s involvement in their ongoing anti-government campaign to force the government to restore the now-abolished caretaker government system to oversee the polls.
Earlier, the BNP chief addressed rallies in Narsingdi on September 8 while Rangpur on September 15 and Rajshahi on September 16 and Khulna on September 29.
Khaleda’s Barisal rally scheduled for September 29 was postponed and the fresh date for it will be announced later.
She will also address rallies in Dhaka and Chittagong after Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims.
Source: UNB Connect
