BNP and other like-minded opposition parties on Wednesday announced a countrywide rally and procession programme for January 16 to press home their 10-point demand and protest the government’s power price hike plan.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programmes from their party’s sit-in programme at Nayapaltan in the capital on Wednesday.
He said the programme will be observed in all metropolitan cities, districts towns, upazilas and municipality headquarters.
The BNP leader alleged that the government is unfairly increasing the price of gas and electricity.
“People can't cope with the increased prices (of the utility services). Rallies and processions will be arranged in all cities, districts, upazilas and municipal headquarters across the country on January 16 demanding our 10-point and reduction in electricity prices,” the BNP leader said.
Apart from BNP, Ganatantra Mancha observed a similar programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club while the 12-Party Alliance near Bijoy Nagar Water Tank, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote at Purana Paltan, LDP at FDC Crossing and Ganatantrik Bam Oikya in the east side of the Jatiya Press Club and Gonoforum (Montu) at Arambagh and separately announced the rally and procession programme across the country for January 16.
As part of the simultaneous movement, BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances and organisations observed the sit-in programme in different areas of the capital and nine other divisions in the country to realise their 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party neutral government.
