A group of freedom fighters will observe a seven-hour hunger strike on Monday in the capital to press home the opposition’s one-point demand.

The programme is also meant for mounting pressure on the government to unconditionally release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal President Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat told UNB on Sunday.

He said Muktijoddha Dal will organise the programme in front of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office from 10am to 5pm.

Ulfat said over 200 freedom fighters, including Col (retd) Oli Ahmed, Barrister Maj (retd) Shahjahan Omar, Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed and Major General (Retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim, are expected to join the programme.

He said that BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi will inaugurate the programme while its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will deliver the concluding speech.

On July 12 last, Mirza Fakhrul formally announced their ‘one-point’ demand. Around 36 other opposition parties also announced the one-point demand on the same day.

The opposition’s one-point demand includes the resignation of the current ‘fascist, authoritarian, people’s vote looter and illegal’ Awami League government, dissolution of the existing parliament, formation of the polls-time impartial government and reconstitution of the Election Commission for arranging a free, fair and inclusive election, the release of all political prisoners, including BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, withdrawal of all falls and ghost cases, including those against Tarique Rahman, and annulment of all false convictions.