BNP adamant to hold rally at Naya Paltan

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is still determined to hold its rally at Naya Paltan instead of Suhrawardy Udyan on December 10.

The party sought permission to hold rally in front of its central office but the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday allowed them to hold the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on 26 conditions. 

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said they received the DMP’s letter regarding the permission. “But we’ll arrange the rally in front of our party office at Naya Paltan,” he said

BNP publicity affairs secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anne told UNB that their party did not seek permission to hold the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan.

“We sought permission to hold the rally at Nayapaltan, not at Suhrawardy Udyan.  Our party is determined to hold the rally at Naya Paltan as per our previous decision,” he said. Anne, however, said BNP standing committee will take final decision in this regard after considering the overall situation.

Earlier on November 15, BNP sought permission to hold their much-talked-about rally in front of the party’s central office on December 10.

As part of the move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, the BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The party has already arranged rallies in Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna, Rangpur, Barishal, Faridpur, Sylhet and Cumilla braving various obstacles and transport strikes.

BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government - a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League as the constitution does not allow it to happen.