... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition....
will stage demonstration across the country on July 23 protesting deleting 'absolute trust and faith on Allah' from the country's charter, reinstatement of secularism and socialism and abolishing the caretaker government system.
The two major political allies announced the programme from separate press briefing on Tuesday at their offices in the city's Naya Paltan and Moghbazar respectively.
Announcing the programme, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP acting secretary general said, the procession will be brought out from the BNP central office at Naya Paltan at 3:00pm.
BNP Chairperson
Khaleda ZiaThree-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
, also leader of the opposition, is likely to lead the procession.
Fakhrul reiterated his party demand for scrapping of the 15th amendment to the constitution that abolished the provision of caretaker government.
BNP is also protesting issuance of arrest warrant against BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and police assault of Opposition Chief Whip Zainal Abdin Farroque.
Briefing news hounds at Jamaat office, ATM Azharul Islam, acting secretary general of Jamaat, said his party will not accept any parliamentary polls held under political government.
He also demanded release of its top five leaders, including Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami, who are now behind the bars on charge of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Earlier on July 6 and 7, the BNP-Jamaat-led four-party alliance enforced a 48-hour countrywide hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
protesting the passage of the constitution 15th amendment that scrapped the caretaker government system.