BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam has said Awami League (AL) will not be allowed to play games any more in the name of election, reports UNB.
Addressing the ruling party AL, he said, “You went to power by playing games in the name of elections last two times by deceiving people and telling them lies. But this time we have turned around and people too. This time there will be no election unless caretaker government is installed in the country.”
Fakhrul was speaking at a huge rally on Komorpur Abdul Aziz Institution's premises, around 6km away from Faridpur district town.
As part of the party’s planned divisional rally, Faridpur district unit BNP organized the programme.
Thousands of leaders and followers of the BNP and its associate bodies from five districts — Faridpur, Rajbari, Shariatpur, Madaripur and Gopalganj — participated in the rally, encompassing various obstacles and a 38-hour bus strike that began on Friday morning.
The rally venue was almost filled with BNP leaders and activists on Friday night as they gathered there in advance from the adjacent districts fearing obstacles by the ruling party men and police and hassles caused by the bus strike.
Though bus communication remained halted between Faridpur and the rest of the country since Friday morning, the BNP leaders and activists came to the district town from different areas by train, launches, boats, trucks and small vehicles like human haulers, auto rickshaws, three-wheelers, motorbikes, and micro-buses.
Meanwhile, locals complained that internet services were disrupted since 10am, centring the opposition’s programme.
The organisers said the rally was aimed at protesting the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
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