The ruling Awami League (AL) will hold a victory procession in the capital today alongside the party’s day-long programmes all over the country to celebrate Victory Day.
The ruling party lawmakers from Dhaka, leaders of Dhaka city unit and its associated organisations, activists and supporters from various areas will gather at Shikha Chirantani at the Suhrawardy Udyan, where the Pakistan occupation forces surrendered, to pay tributes to the martyrs, at 4:20pm, the time of the surrender.
Later, a procession will start towards Dhanmondi 32 to place wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
As per the day-long celebration programme, the national flag and the party flag will be hoisted at the time of sunrise at every AL office across the country.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with central leaders of Awami League, will place wreath at the Jatiya Smriti Soudho (National Martyrs’ Memorial) at 6:30am. Sheikh Hasina, who is also the president of Bangladesh Awami League, will place another wreath on behalf of the party.
Hasina and her party leaders will then go to Dhanmondi 32 and place wreaths at 8am at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Meanwhile, another group of central leaders led by the party’s presidium member and the lawmaker of Gopalganj-2 Sheikh Selim will place a wreath at Bangabandhu’s grave at Tungipara at 10am.
Moreover, the Awami League will also arrange a discussion programme at 3pm tomorrow at the Krishibid Institution Auditorium in the capital. Party chief Sheikh Hasina will attend the discussion chaired by party’s presidium member and Jatiya Sangsad’s deputy leader Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury.
The AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam in a press release yesterday urged the party and its associate organisations and wing leaders, activists and supporters to make the celebration a success.
