20 conditions for Khaleda!
After facing repeated obstacles from the law enforcement agencies in holding rallies in and around the capital, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a rally in Munshiganj today to protest the recent abductions, killings and forced disappearances across the country.
Preparations have been completed already for the rally at the Munshiganj launch ghat, BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed told newsmen at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters yesterday.
Munshiganj police and the district administration have given permission to the BNP to organise the rally on 20 conditions, which include ending the rally before sunset, not making any provocative comments at the meeting and not carrying sticks to the rally, reports our Munshiganj correspondent.
The government earlier denied permission to Khaleda to hold rallies in the capital's Jatrabari, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, at the High Court premises and in Narayanganj.
Asked whether the government was creating any obstacles to the Munshiganj rally, Rizvi said the party had so far not faced any obstacles from the district administration.
Khaleda will leave her Gulshan residence for Munshiganj around 1:30pm. This will be her first visit to the district in the last 14 years.
The district unit of the BNP has made preparations to ensure a huge participation at the rally, party insiders said.
FAKHRUL ON RALLY IN CITY
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said Khaleda Zia would hold a rally in the capital along with the people whenever she wanted to do so.
He made the comment while pointing to a report run by the Bangla daily Prothom Alo yesterday. The report noted that the government would not allow Khaleda to hold any rally in the capital.
Fakhrul was speaking at a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club. The pro-BNP physicians' platform, Doctors Association of Bangladesh, organised the programme to mark the 33rd death anniversary of late president Ziaur Rahman, the founder of the BNP.
He called upon the government to shun its evil design to block the opposition's rally in the city. “Don't be arrogant. None among Hitler, Namrud, Pheraon and Yahya were able to cling to power. Neither will you be able to do so,” he added.
Later in the afternoon, Fakhrul opened a three-day book display programme on the ground floor of the party's Nayapaltan central office.
Jatiyatabadi Prokashana Sangstha organised the programme marking the death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman.
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