BNP and other like-minded opposition parties and alliances are set to march in the capital on Friday as part of the simultaneous movement to oust the current government.
The organizers said the program is meant for registering a protest against the rise in the prices of power and gas and essential items and mounting pressure on the government to accept their 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party caretaker government.
As per the party's plan, BNP's Dhaka south city will march from Gopibagh to Nayabazar. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alam will launch the program around 2:30pm.
Besides, BNP's Dhaka north city will march from Uttara's Jasimuddin Road intersection to Abdullahpur. BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain will inaugurate the program around 2:30pm.
Talking to UNB, BNP's Dhaka south city unit Convener Abdus Salam said they have taken all-out preparations to make their program a success. “We'll hold the march program peacefully.”
The party will also arrange a similar program in all other divisional cities on Saturday.
Apart from BNP, LPD will also march in Karwan Bazar while Gonoforum and People's Party in Arambagh, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote in Bijoynagar and Peshajibi Ganatantrik Jote in Purana Paltan in the capital at different times on Friday.
On Sunday last, BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain announced that their party leaders and activists will march in all metropolitan cities, including the capital, on Saturday to press home their 10-point demand, including the resignation of the government, dissolution of parliament and holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.
Later on Tuesday, the party moved up its road march in the capital city by a day, deciding to organize the programme on Friday instead of Saturday ‘due to unavoidable reasons'.
Earlier, leaders and activists of the party's Dhaka north and south city units observed the march programme on January 28, 31, 30 and February 1, respectively, to push for their 10-point demand.
The party also organized a march program in all unions across the country on Saturday last amid the allegations of attacks and obstruction by the ruling party activists and law enforcers.
