Considering the public suffering, the police have advised BNP to hold their planned rally at Golapbagh ground or any other field instead of Naya Paltan or Suhrawardy Udyan, DMP Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq said on Wednesday.
“The police have not yet allowed BNP to hold the rally at Naya Paltan or Suhrawardy Udyan. We have suggested they go to any Golapbagh ground or any other field as Thursday is a working day,” he told UNB.
On Monday, BNP sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) expressing its interest to hold a rally at Naya Paltan or Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
Earlier, Golam Faruk urged the political parties to hold their programmes without causing public suffering as they may be forced to ban political rallies in future if those become reasons for people’s woes.
A total of nine political parties, including Awami League and BNP, have sent letters to the DMP seeking permission to hold rallies in the capital on July 27, but a few parties will be allowed, said the DMP chief.
“To hold rallies is a democratic right of the political parties, but it is the responsibility of the DMP to ensure the security of the people,” he said while talking to reporters after inspecting the overall security measures on the occasion of Holy Ashura over the Tajia procession.
On Saturday, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme to press home their one-point demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to pave the way for holding the next national election under a neutral government.
He said the rally will be held in the capital at 2pm as part of their simultaneous movement.
