Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami held protest rallies in Dhaka's Motijheel and Mirpur today (4 August) to protest the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) denying the party permission to hold a rally in Suhrawardy Udyan. 

The Motijheel procession, led by the party's Member of the Central Executive Council and Dhaka City South Ameer Nurul Islam Bulbul, started in Motijheel and ended with a protest rally in front of Kamalapur Railway Station.

Senior Jamaat leaders and activists, including Dhaka City South Secretary Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud, attended the procession. 

Dhaka Metropolitan North Secretary of Jamaat Dr Mohammad Rezaul Karim led the Mirpur procession. The procession of around a thousand people started from the Mirpur 1 roundabout and ended with a meeting at the technical intersection.

Earlier the day, Jamaat-e-Islami postponed its Friday rally programme to Sunday (6 August) at Suhrawardy Udyan to press home its demand of holding the next parliamentary election under a caretaker government as they did not get permission from the police.

Earlier, Jamaat-e-Islami postponed its 1 August rally at the north gate of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after failing to secure permission from the police and sought cooperation from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in holding a peaceful rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Friday. 

Police on Thursday (3 August) said they will not permit Jamaat to hold a rally in Suhrawardy Udyan either. 

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-E-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said an immediate establishment of the caretaker government system for the purpose of fair and participatory elections is required.

He also demanded the release of Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman and all the arrested leaders, activists and clerics.

Jamaat first announced to hold a rally in Dhaka as part of its nationwide programme on 24 July. The rally got postponed twice so far.