BNP has called for countrywide demonstration on Sunday demanding the release of their Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail on December 10.
Party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme at a press conference after a joint meeting of BNP and its associate bodies at party’s Nayapaltan central office on Saturday.
He said, Dhaka metropolitan, all divisional city and district units of the party will comply with the programme.
Fakhrul said, all units of BNP’s Dhaka North and South will stage demonstration and bring out processions on Sunday to press for Khaleda’s release.
He asked the government to take steps for the release of their party’s ailing chairperson on humanitarian ground instead of staging drama centering the matter.
Fakhrul said, the government has staged a heinous drama over the bail petition of Khaleda Zia.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced elaborate programmes about the observance of the Martyred Intellectuals Day and Victory Day- on December 14 and December 16.
They also declared to host a discussion on the Supreme Court Bar Premises on December 15.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General, Joint Secretaries General, senior leaders of the party’s Dhaka South and North units and Presidents, Conveners and Secretaries, Member secretaries of the party’s associate bodies attended the joint meeting. On Thursday, the Appellate Division deferred until December 12 the hearing on Khaleda’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
The court also asked the medical board to submit a report on Khaleda Zia’s health condition within December 12. The board failed to present the report on Thursday as per the directive given on November 28.
