Nagorik Committee to hold rally to celebrate March 7 speech recognition on Saturday

Nagorik Committee will organise a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on Saturday to celebrate the Unesco’s recognition for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic March 7 speech as a world documentary heritage. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the rally as the chief guest, and Prof Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman will preside over the event at 2:30pm. On October 31, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) recognised the historic March 7 Speech of Bangabandhu as part of world's documentary heritage. Nagorik Committee has taken all preparations to make the rally a success. Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday visited the venue to see the preparation for the rally. During the visit, he told journalists that the rally organised by Nagorik Committee is not a "counter political rally." Housing and Public Works Minister Engr Mosharraf Hossain, State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam, Awami League Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Organizing Secretary AKM Enamul Haque Shamim and Cultural Affairs Secretary Ashim Kumer Ukil accompanied Quader. Party insiders said the Awami League is set to showcase its political strength through rallies and various programmes in the coming weeks. They said they would gather a huge number of people at the rally at Suhrawardy Udyan to highlight its popularity.