UNB, Dhaka :
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Tuesday said they retreated from their firm stance on holding their rally in Gazipur on Saturday following the imposition of section 144 as part of their strategy for waging a greater movement.
“There’re different stages, phases and strategies of a movement. A political party works out its action programmes in line
with the strategies… we took the decision on that day for the sake of a greater movement,” he said replying to a question from reporters.
Fakhrul, the BNP acting secretary general, was talking to journalists after placing wreaths at the mazar of party founder late president Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagor along with leaders and activists of Krishak Dal, marking its 34th founding anniversary.
He said, Monday’s hartal was part of their preparation for going for a decisive movement. Claiming that their hartal programme was successful, the BNP leader said their movement will be intensified in the days to come.
The-BNP led 20-party was to hold a rally at Bhawal Badre Alam Government College ground on Saturday, but ruling party’s student body Chhatra League threatened to foil it as BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman at a programme in London called Bangabandhu a Razakar, prompting the local administration to impose section 144 in the city and venue area on Friday, prohibiting all political programmes there.
Though BNP had vowed to arrange the rally at any cost, later it revised its decision on Friday night by calling a hartal in the district and announcing countrywide demonstrations for Saturday in protest against the government’s move to foil their rally.
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam on Tuesday said they retreated from their firm stance on holding their rally in Gazipur on Saturday following the imposition of section 144 as part of their strategy for waging a greater movement.
“There’re different stages, phases and strategies of a movement. A political party works out its action programmes in line
with the strategies… we took the decision on that day for the sake of a greater movement,” he said replying to a question from reporters.
Fakhrul, the BNP acting secretary general, was talking to journalists after placing wreaths at the mazar of party founder late president Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagor along with leaders and activists of Krishak Dal, marking its 34th founding anniversary.
He said, Monday’s hartal was part of their preparation for going for a decisive movement. Claiming that their hartal programme was successful, the BNP leader said their movement will be intensified in the days to come.
The-BNP led 20-party was to hold a rally at Bhawal Badre Alam Government College ground on Saturday, but ruling party’s student body Chhatra League threatened to foil it as BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman at a programme in London called Bangabandhu a Razakar, prompting the local administration to impose section 144 in the city and venue area on Friday, prohibiting all political programmes there.
Though BNP had vowed to arrange the rally at any cost, later it revised its decision on Friday night by calling a hartal in the district and announcing countrywide demonstrations for Saturday in protest against the government’s move to foil their rally.
