SYLHET: Jatiya Oikyafront leaders visited shrines of Hazrat Shah Jalal and Shah Paran on Wednesday morning (October 24) before their rally scheduled to begin at 2 pm.

Leaders of the newly-formed political alliance visited Hazrat Shah Jalal’s shrine at 6:30 am.   Afterwards, they went to Shah Paran’s shrine.

They arrived at Osmani International Airport, Sylhet at 6 am.

Leaders include Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Dr. Abdul Moin Khan, JSD President Asim Abdur Rab, General Secretary Abdul Malek Ratan, Convenor of Citizen Consensus Mahmudur Rahman Manna, BNP Chairperson's adviser Dr. Enamul Haque Chowdhury, MA Haque, Khandaker Abdul Moktadir, Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Sylhet District BNP President Abul Kahle Shamim, Metropolitan BNP General Secretary Sadek Bakht, and BNP Chairperson's Press Wing Officer Shamsuddin Didar. 

BNP is one of the parties of Jatiya Oikyafront.

It includes Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, ASM Abdur Rab's Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, and Mahmudur Rahman Manna's Nagorik Oikya.

Jatiya Oikyafront was formed on October 13 with the demands of a national election under a neutral government after dissolution of parliament and release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

BDST: 1117 HRS, OCT 24, 2018

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