Gazipur Correspondent :The activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Thursday took control of Gazipur Bhawal Badre Alam College ground, the venue of 20-party alliance’s public meeting to be addressed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia as the chief guest on SaturdayThe Gazipur unit of BCL also declared that it would hold a rally at the same place on the same date and time to protest the recent remarks made by BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.With only a day left before the scheduled rally, the 20-party alliance is yet to get the permission from the local administration. On the other hand, the police personnel deployed on the venue are also barring BNP activists from making arrangements for the rally, sources said. Contrarily, police allowed BCL men to stay on the venue till filing of the report at 10pm yesterday.The district unit of Chhatra League, the student associate body of the ruling Awami League, on December 20 warned that they would not allow BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to enter the district until Tarique Rahman apologized for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a ‘Razakar’.The BCL and the Jubo League activists brought out processions one after another throughout the day on the college campus with sticks, keeping in line with the warning. They also ransacked posters, festoons and banners of the 20-party alliance hung ahead of the rally.Chhatra Shibir activists also brought out a procession on the college campus as a counter showdown.Local BNP leaders have also expressed their firm determination to arrange the rally at any cost and continued their mass campaign for the rally. BNP Chairperson’s adviser and Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Prof MA Mannan along with other BNP leaders in the district also met the District’s Deputy Commissioner M Nurul Islam and sought permission to arrange their peaceful rally on the scheduled day.Mazharul Alam, general secretary of the district unit of BNP said, whatever the obstacles are there, the BNP Chairperson will arrive and address the rally.If she is not allowed to enter the college ground, the activists and supporters will gather from Tongi to Chandina intersection in the city, he added.A leader of district Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student body of the BNP, Monirul Islam Monir said police did not allow them to bring out any procession but were soft for BCL men.Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police of Gazipur Harun-ur-Rashid told reporters that they would not let anyone to enter
