BNP set to hold mass processions in Dhaka, other cities

The BNP and like-minded parties are set to take out mass processions in all metropolitan cities, including in the capital, on Friday as part of their one-point simultaneous movement.

This will be the fourth programme of the one-point movement of the opposition parties to mount pressure on the government to quit and hold the next election under a non-party caretaker government.

As part of the programme, BNP’s Dhaka south and north city units and other parties and alliances will separately take out mass processions in the capital after Juma prayers.

BNP‍‍`s Dhaka south city unit will start a procession from Doyaganj which will end at the party’s Nayapaltan central office at 3pm after parading through different roads. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will launch the programme after a brief rally.

The Dhaka north city unit of BNP will take out a procession from the DCC market, Gulshan-2 and it will end at Mohakhali Bus Station around 3pm. Party standing committee member Mirza Abbas will inaugurate the procession.

Apart from BNP, Ganotantra Mancha, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote, LDP, Gonoforum and People’s Party, Peshajibi Ganatantrik Jote, Gonotantrik Bam Oikya,12-party alliance, Labour Party, NDM, Bangladesh Sadaran Chhatra Odhikar Sanrakshan Parishad and two factions of Gono Odhikar Parishad will also observe the programme separately in different areas of the capital.

Besides, the BNP and other opposition parties will observe a similar programme in all metropolitan cities.

On July 12 last, BNP and the like-minded parties announced their one-point movement to realise their demands.

Their demands include the resignation of the current “fascist, authoritarian,  people‍‍`s vote looter and illegal” Awami League government, dissolution of the existing parliament, formation of the polls-time impartial government and reconstitution of the Election Commission for arranging a free, fair and inclusive election, the release of all political prisoners, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, withdrawal of all falls and ghost cases, including those against Tarique Rahman, and annulment of all false convictions.

In December last year, BNP and like-minded parties and alliances started a simultaneous movement based on their common objective of ousting the present government to pave the way for holding the next election under a non-party neutral government.