The BNP announced a black flag march program across Bangladesh on Tuesday demanding the cancellation of “illegal dummy parliament” and reelection under a non-partisan neutral caretaker government.
BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy made the announcement at a brief rally outside the party office in Naya Paltan before initiating the black flag march on Saturday.
Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said: “You (BNP activists) will have to come to the streets on January 30 (Tuesday). You need to start preparing now. The black flag march program will be organized under the initiative of the BNP in all metropolitan cities, police stations, districts, headquarters, all sub-districts, and all municipalities on January 30, demanding the cancellation of the illegal dummy parliament.”
The black flag procession is being held to press home their demands, including protesting the price hike of commodities, the release of all political prisoners including party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, withdrawal of all false cases and cancellation of illegal parliament.