The BNP public rally demanding the unconditional release of its ailing Chairperson Khaleda Zia has begun in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office with the participation of thousands of leaders and activists of the party.
The rally formally began around 2:42 pm on Saturday with the recitation from the holy Quran.
BNP leaders and activists have started gathering before the party’s Nayapaltan central office with processions carrying banners, festoons, placards, and portraits of the party’s top leaders from different parts of Dhaka since morning braving bad weather to join the rally, UNB reports.
Among the associate bodies, former Jubo Dal General Secretary Abdul Monayem Munna staged a showdown by joining the rally with a big procession.
BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will address the programme as the chief guest.
Additional police have been deployed in Nayapaltan and its surrounding areas to maintain law and order.
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