The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants to hold its October 28 rally at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters, said party's senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
He also said they have informed the Dhaka Metropolitan Police that the meeting will start at 2:00pm and will end before maghrib prayers.
He wrote the letter to the DMP authorities replying to the metropolitan police’s letter to the party seeking names of alternative venues for holding BNP’s grand rally.
The BNP leader came up with the statement while addressing a press briefing at the party central office in Nayapaltan of the capital on Thursday noon.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said arrangements had already been made to hold the rally at Nayapaltan, and that it was not possible to shift to another venue.
Earlier today, Paltan police said they had sent letters to the both Awami League (AL) and the BNP asking for two alternative rally venues, which could be used if the Dhaka Metropolitan Police was unable to give permission for the original venues on security grounds.
AL is planning to hold their rally in the Dhakal's Baitul Mukarram area on the same day.
BDST: 1607 HRS, OCT 26, 2023
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