The 18-party opposition combine has got permission to hold a rally in the capital tomorrow on certain conditions.
Though the opposition sought permission to hold the rally in front of BNP headquarters at Nayapaltan, police authorities asked them to hold it at Suhrawardy Udyan.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) notified BNP, the key constituent of the opposition alliance, around 5:30pm today.
Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner at DMP media wing, confirmed The Daily Star about the permission.
“We have informed the BNP leaders over phone that the permission has been granted on certain conditions,” he said.
On information, a delegation of the BNP, which includes Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque and Barkatullah Bulu, went to DMP headquarters to ask police authorities to reconsider their decision and allow them to hold the rally at Nayapaltan.
Earlier in the day, BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said BNP-led 18-party opposition bloc will hold its Friday’s rally in front of Nayapaltan office in the capital at any cost.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed an indefinite ban on political meetings, rallies, human chains, demonstrations, sit-ins and processions in the capital from 6:00am Sunday.
On Wednesday, terming the ban on rally “unconstitutional” and “undemocratic”, the 18-party combine urged the authorities to withdraw it immediately to create a congenial atmosphere for talks to solve the prevailing political impasse.
Besides, the authorities today slapped similar ban in Khulna city, in an area of Barisal city and Bogra and Dinajpur municipality areas as the ruling Awami League and main opposition BNP planned meetings at the same venue for October 25.
Source: The Daily Star
