BNP on Wednesday announced to hold a grand rally in the capital on October 28 as part of the party’s final phase of action programme of their ongoing movement to topple the government.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a rally in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office.

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“We’ll hold a grand rally in Dhaka on October 28 (Saturday). From this grand rally, our grand journey (of our movement will begin,” he said.

Stating that their planned grand rally is a partial programme of the final phase of the movement, Fakhrul hinted that the opposition will announce a series of action programmes on October 28.

“After the grand rally, Inshallah we won’t stop until the fall of this regime,” he told invigorating opposition followers.

The BNP leader said the grand rally will be arranged as part of the simultaneous movement. “We all political parties who are on the simultaneous movement will make this programme a success.

“It’ll be a peaceful programme. We’ll ensure the fall of this terrorist Awami League regime that has been creating chaos,” he said. 

Fakhrul, however, warned the BNP leaders and activists that the government may create many hurdles and obstacles ahead of the grand rally. “But we have to make the rally a success braving all possible odds and to move towards the desired goal of establishing the rights of the people.”

The rally was meant to mount pressure on the government to accept the party’s one-point demand which includes the resignation of the government and the unconditional release of party chief Khaleda Zia for her treatment abroad.

Thousands of leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies rally with processions carrying banners, festoons, placards, and portraits of the party’s top leaders from different parts of Dhaka.

The roads and alleys stretching from Fakirapul to Bijoynagar were crowded with BNP activists, halting traffic in the area. The expanding rally crowd spilled over onto nearby roads streets and spaces.

Apart from BNP, like-minded political parties and alliances also held separate rallies in different city areas to press home the one-point demand.

A large number of members of law enforcement agencies have been deployed in the Nayapaltan area to maintain law and order.