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BNP announces nationwide protest rallies for Monday

BNP announces nationwide protest rallies for Monday
Politics

BNP has announced to hold protest rallies in all districts and metropolitan cities across the country for Monday.

The fresh programme was announced to press home one point demand of the government's resignation and in protest against the attacks on the party leaders and workers during the observation of their sit-in programme in Dhaka on Saturday.

The party's secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programme while addressing a press conference at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan Political Office on Saturday evening.

The BNP leader said attacks on peaceful programme on Saturday proved that people's lives and properties are not safe in the hands of the ruling Awami League which wants to cling to power forever.

Mirza Fakhrul said: "We had a plan to announce this programme for Sunday. But, the Awami League announced programme for that day. Because of it, we announce our programme for Monday."

Regarding setting ablaze three minibuses, the BNP Secretary General said they put blame on BNP committing crimes themselves. "We hope that they will refrain from such destructive activities."