BNP demonstrates to protest govt 'repression' on newsmen
Monday, 21 June 2010
Opposition BNP staged a demonstration in the city Sunday protesting against the government "repression on journalists" that ultimately turned into a victory procession of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) elections, reports UNB.
The party held a brief rally at Muktangan and later brought out a procession as part of the countrywide demonstration, also demanding trial of the killing of journalists and protesting shutdown of private TV Channel 1 and the daily Amar Desh, and arrest of and torture on Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman.
After June 9 mass sit-in in the capital, this was the second anti-government agitation under the three-day programme including June 27 countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal.
The demonstration was scheduled to be held on June 17 but it was shifted to June 20 (Sunday) due to CCC polls on the day (June 17).
The day's rally cum protest procession in the afternoon turned into a lively huge assembly of leaders and activists of BNP and its front and associate organisations.
It seems the landslide victory of BNP-backed mayor candidate Manjur Alam Manju in CCC election on June 17 defeating the ruling Awami League supported candidate ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury stimulated the party faithful to join the event in a bigger scale.
The rally was marked by festivity and a mood of movement among the participants.
The party held a brief rally at Muktangan and later brought out a procession as part of the countrywide demonstration, also demanding trial of the killing of journalists and protesting shutdown of private TV Channel 1 and the daily Amar Desh, and arrest of and torture on Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman.
After June 9 mass sit-in in the capital, this was the second anti-government agitation under the three-day programme including June 27 countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal.
The demonstration was scheduled to be held on June 17 but it was shifted to June 20 (Sunday) due to CCC polls on the day (June 17).
The day's rally cum protest procession in the afternoon turned into a lively huge assembly of leaders and activists of BNP and its front and associate organisations.
It seems the landslide victory of BNP-backed mayor candidate Manjur Alam Manju in CCC election on June 17 defeating the ruling Awami League supported candidate ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury stimulated the party faithful to join the event in a bigger scale.
The rally was marked by festivity and a mood of movement among the participants.