Thousands of leaders and activists of the BNP and its associate bodies have joined the party’s grand procession in Dhaka on Friday, marking ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’.
Thousands of leaders and activists of the BNP and its associate bodies have joined the party’s grand procession in Dhaka on Friday, marking ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’.
Carrying banners, festoons, and portraits of the party’s top leaders, they chanted slogans demanding elections and the withdrawal of cases against senior party leaders, including Tarique Rahman.
The procession began from the BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan from 3PM.
Sources said that since noon, BNP leaders and activists have started to gather at Nayapaltan from different parts of Dhaka city to participate in the massive showdown.
The procession will parade towards Kakrail Mosque, Matsya Bhaban, Engineering Institute, Shahbagh intersection, Hotel InterContinental, Banglamotor crossing, Karwan Bazar, Farmgate, and will end at the Manik Mia Avenue.
Senior BNP leaders, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, have addressed the crowd before the procession begins.
The event will conclude with a virtual address by the party’s acting chairman, Tarique Rahman.
Besides, programme will be held in divisional cities to commemorate National Revolution and Solidarity Day, where central BNP leaders will be present.
BNP leaders said this will be a massive procession that will make history.
Earlier on October 31, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, announced the schedule at a press conference at the party’s central office in Nayapaltan.
It is part of a 10-day programme unveiled by BNP to observe the occasion.
On 7 November 1975, amid political turmoil soldiers and civilians jointly freed the then Chief of Army Staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka Cantonment, paving the way for him to come to power.
