Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said both Awami League and BNP will be given the same conditions to hold rallies in the capital.
Neither of the parties received any permission about the rally venue yet, he said while replying to a question from journalists at a press conference marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking at the Secretariat today (27 July).
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced a grand rally in Dhaka on 27 July from BNP's youth rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan on 22 July.
However, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) did not allow BNP to hold the rally at Nayapaltan or Suhrawardy Udyan, leading them to postpone the rally till Friday (28 July).
Police earlier asked BNP to hold the rally at Golapbagh ground near the Sayedabad bus terminal as an alternative venue, which the party refused.
Meanwhile, three Awami League organizations — Chhatra League, Jubo League and Swechchhasebak League — want to hold rally at the south gate of Baitul Mukarram on the same day.
