The BNP will stage countrywide demonstrations today, except for in Dhaka, to demand the cancellation of the January 5 election and protest the DMP’s refusal to permit the BNP to carry out black-flag processions in the capital on January 29.
Although the party was scheduled to hold a rally at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan today, the programme has now been shifted to Sunday, BNP’s Assistant Office Secretary Abdul Latif Jonny told the Dhaka Tribune.
The change in the programme for Dhaka came as part of the Ekushey Book Fair is to be inaugurated today at Suhrawardy Udyan.
Earlier, BNP Joint Secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued a press statement, asking the leaders and activists of the 19-party alliance to spontaneously participate in the programme to make it a success.
On January 29, the opposition alliance announced the rally to protest what the party said were attacks on their “peaceful” black flag processions on January 29.