BNP, Jamaat to stage demos separately tomorrow
BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami will separately stage demonstrations across the country on different issues tomorrow.
BNP will protest the government’s “autocratic decision” not to allow the party to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka while Jamaat will demand the release of its leaders arrested in charge of “false” allegations of committing crimes against humanity.
BNP today announced
This is for the 10th time, BNP and the 20-party opposition alliance were not given permission to hold a rally in the capital in the last ten months. Of the ten, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was scheduled to address in four occasions, shows the record.
On October 29, BNP submitted application to Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Public Works Department seeking permission to use loudspeakers at the rally and to use the Udyan on November 8 to mark “national revolution and solidarity day.” BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was supposed to attend the rally.
Meanwhile, Jamaat in a media release today announced to hold demonstrations across the country demanding release of its leaders.
At a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today accused DMP of adopting dual policy. “Police allow ruling Awami League to hold programmes regularly in city but they block similar programme of BNP.”
“Police officials now speak in political language. They’ve become so powerful now that they don’t allow opposition men to hold any kind of political programmes,” alleged the BNP spokesman.
Asked Masudur Rahman, deputy police commissioner (media and public relation division), told The Daily Star that Suhrawardy Udyan is not under their jurisdiction.
“It is the Public Works Department which gives permission for a rally and DMP gives security if anyone gets permission to this end. But they did not get permission from them [PWD],” said the DMP official.
Earlier on January 31, February 1, 2, 3, May 13, 17, 22, 24 and August 30, BNP was denied permission for rallies and human chains on different issues in the capital.
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