Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Oikya Parishad on Saturday staged demonstrations in Shahbagh area of the capital, protesting what it said recent ‘communal attacks on minority communities’ in different parts of the country.

Thirty-one organisations of minority communities on Saturday declared that they will go on a weeklong countrywide protest from Monday demanding deferment of polls to two Dhaka city corporations slated for January 30 that coincide with Saraswati Puja.