BNP to observe Jan 11 as 'Black Day'
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Main opposition BNP will stage countrywide black-flag protests on January 11 to observe the day as 'Black Day" as they say this day in 2007 emergency rule was imposed violating the country's constitution and disrupting the democratic process, reports UNB.
A joint meeting of BNP and its front and associate organisations with BNP secretary-general Khandaker Delwar Hossain in the chair at its central office Wednesday afternoon chalked out programmes for observing the black day, the 74th Birth Anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, the founder of BNP, on January 19 and 'Democracy Killing Day' on January 25.
On December 26, BNP in a joint meeting had taken the decision to observe 1/11 as Black Day and January 25 as Democracy Killing Day, as these are two of the major turning points in Bangladesh's political scenario.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Delwar said they will observe January 11 as black day through wearing black badges, hoisting black flags and holding protest rallies in all BNP units at district and upazila levels across the country.
In the capital, they will hold discussion meeting at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) at 3pm on January 11 while hold protest meeting in front of the party's Naya Paltan central office in the afternoon on January 12.
To justify the 1/11 changeover as a black chapter in the country's political history, Khandaker Delwar Hossain said, "On January 11, 2007 emergency rule was imposed illegally by violating the constitution and democratic process with the active cooperation of a few army officers and personnel."
A joint meeting of BNP and its front and associate organisations with BNP secretary-general Khandaker Delwar Hossain in the chair at its central office Wednesday afternoon chalked out programmes for observing the black day, the 74th Birth Anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, the founder of BNP, on January 19 and 'Democracy Killing Day' on January 25.
On December 26, BNP in a joint meeting had taken the decision to observe 1/11 as Black Day and January 25 as Democracy Killing Day, as these are two of the major turning points in Bangladesh's political scenario.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Delwar said they will observe January 11 as black day through wearing black badges, hoisting black flags and holding protest rallies in all BNP units at district and upazila levels across the country.
In the capital, they will hold discussion meeting at the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) at 3pm on January 11 while hold protest meeting in front of the party's Naya Paltan central office in the afternoon on January 12.
To justify the 1/11 changeover as a black chapter in the country's political history, Khandaker Delwar Hossain said, "On January 11, 2007 emergency rule was imposed illegally by violating the constitution and democratic process with the active cooperation of a few army officers and personnel."