The radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam is planning to flex its muscle in Chittagong city in the name of a two-day Islamic conference scheduled to be held in the first week of April in Laldighi Maidan.
Leaders of the organisation at a press conference on February 11 announced that it would hold the Resalat Conference on April 3.
Hefazat Organising Secretary Azizul Hoque Islamabadi said they had already gotten approval from the CMP.
However the date of the conference could be deferred by a day or two due to the ongoing ICC World Cup T20.
He also said although there was no cricket match on those days the CMP requested them to defer it by a day or two for the sake of the smooth exit of the foreign guests.
“We have completed all preparations,” he said adding that they were expecting participation of more than 50 thousand people at the two-day conference.
A leader of the organisation preferring anonymity said they would hold the conference in Chittagong as the government was not allowing them to hold any rally in the city since the incident of Shapla Chattar in Dhaka on May 5, 2013.
“We will ensure huge gathering as it is the first programme in the city after the incident at Shapla Chattar,” he added.
Earlier, the Hefazat announced to hold two-day Islamic conference on the Jamiatul Falah Mosque premises in the city on December 12 and 13 but failed to do so as the CMP did not allow them.
The organisation announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Chittagong on December 15 protesting the decision of the CMP but they later called it off.
