BNP’s March programme at union level on Saturday and in the capital on Sunday will remain unchanged though the party postponed Thursday’s similar protest, expressing deep shock and sympathy over the huge loss of lives in a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria.Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Thursday, party acting office secretary Syed Imran Saleh Prince said they observed mourning by postponing Dhaka South city unit’s March programme from Gopibagh to the Jatiya Press Club as over 15,000 people were killed in the devastating earthquake.
He said their party kept at half-mast the national and party flags atop of their party offices, expressing BNP’s profound shock and sympathy over the losses of huge lives in the earthquake.A catastrophic earthquake and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 16,000 people as rescuers pulled more survivors and bodies from beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings on Thursday, more than three days after the natural disaster.
Prince said their party leaders and activists will march at union level on Saturday as per the previous announcement to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government and to protest the hikes in prices of utility services and all essential items.Besides, he said the leaders and activists of BNP’s Dhaka North City unit will march towards Bosila Saat Rasta intersection from Shyamoli playground at 2pm on February 12.
Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged the leaders and activists of the party, its associate bodies and different units to and people from all walks of life to spontaneously participate in the March programmes to intensify the ongoing anti-government movement.
Earlier, leaders and activists of the party’s Dhaka north and south city units observed the Marches on January 28, 31, 30 and February 1, respectively, to push for their 10-point demand.
