BNP, allies' black-flag processions today, tomorrow
Anti-state contents incorporated in school curriculum: Rizvi
Friday, 26 January 2024
The BNP and like-minded opposition parties are set to bring out processions holding black flags in all districts today ( Friday) demanding the cancellation of the 12th parliament and protesting the growing price hike of essential commodities, reports UNB.
A similar programme will also be held in all metropolitan cities, including Dhaka, tomorrow (Saturday) to press home the same demand and to register their protest against the skyrocketing prices of essential items.
Apart from Ganatantra Mancha, 12-Party Alliance, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote, Gono Odhikar Parishad, LDP, Labour Party, Ganatantrik Bam Oikya, Gonoforum and People's Party will also take out black-flag processions separately in different areas of the capital.
Talking to the news agencies, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said their party leaders and activists will bring out a procession at 2 pm on Saturday in front of the BNP's Nayapaltan central office.
"We have informed the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) about this programme. Our party Vice Chairman Advocate Nitai Roy Chowdhury talked to the DMP authorities about the programme," he said.
He said the DMP authorities expressed a positive attitude towards the programme though they still did not give formal permission.
Rizvi said the leaders and activists of BNP's Dhaka south and north city units have taken all-out preparations to make the black-flag programme a success.
This will be the BNP's first street programme after the 12th parliamentary election held on January 7.
FE report adds: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleged on Thursday that the government is trying to forget the nation's existence by introducing a new school curriculum.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the comment at a press briefing at the party's headquarters in the capital's Nayapaltan area.
"The government is going to destroy the education system by incorporating anti-state contents in the new school curriculum. The Awami League (AL) government, after assuming power, has made education system to make people subservient," he said.