Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh Nationalist Party wants to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on November 8, marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’.
“We have sent a letter to the administration seeking permission for holding the rally on November 8 at Suhrawardy Udyan, said BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi while addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Friday.
He said, “We are going to arrange the programme on the occasion of the National Revolution and Solidarity Day that falls on November 7. We are taking all-out preparations to make the programme successful.”
Replying a query on whether their Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be present at the meeting, Rizvi said, “We will hold a big rally on the day. We will inform you later whether the Chairperson will be there or not.”
Earlier on Thursday, the party chalked out a 10-day programme to observe the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day, marking what it said the civil-military ‘uprising on November 7, 1975’.
Rizvi announced the programmes at the press conference after a joint meeting of the party and its associate bodies.
The celebrations of the day will begin on November 5 and end on November 14.
Amid political turmoil, soldiers and civilians on November 7, 1975, jointly freed then chief of army staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka Cantonment, paving the path for Zia to come to power.
While BNP and its alliances celebrate November 7 as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day, the ruling Awami League and its front organisations consider it as the day of ‘killing of Freedom Fighters’.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rob) observes it as the day of civil-military revolution.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party wants to hold a rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on November 8, marking the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’.
“We have sent a letter to the administration seeking permission for holding the rally on November 8 at Suhrawardy Udyan, said BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi while addressing a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Friday.
He said, “We are going to arrange the programme on the occasion of the National Revolution and Solidarity Day that falls on November 7. We are taking all-out preparations to make the programme successful.”
Replying a query on whether their Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be present at the meeting, Rizvi said, “We will hold a big rally on the day. We will inform you later whether the Chairperson will be there or not.”
Earlier on Thursday, the party chalked out a 10-day programme to observe the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day, marking what it said the civil-military ‘uprising on November 7, 1975’.
Rizvi announced the programmes at the press conference after a joint meeting of the party and its associate bodies.
The celebrations of the day will begin on November 5 and end on November 14.
Amid political turmoil, soldiers and civilians on November 7, 1975, jointly freed then chief of army staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka Cantonment, paving the path for Zia to come to power.
While BNP and its alliances celebrate November 7 as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day, the ruling Awami League and its front organisations consider it as the day of ‘killing of Freedom Fighters’.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rob) observes it as the day of civil-military revolution.
