Awami League, BNP get DMP permission for tomorrow's rally on 23 conditions
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has given permission for BNP's rally at Nayapaltan and Awami League's peace rally at Baitul Mokarram South Gate on Wednesday, subject to 23 conditions.
BNP was allowed to hold the rally between 2pm-5pm and AL from 3pm-5pm, according to two separate notices issued by DMP on Tuesday (11 July).
The DMP mentioned that police permission, however, does not necessarily mean approval for use of the venue. The parties will have to secure permission separately for the grounds from appropriate authorities.
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The 23 conditions include...
- Limiting the rally within the venue
- Deploying adequate volunteers
- Installing CCTV cameras and metal detectors for checking participants while holding the rally
- No loudspeakers and projectors can be set up outside the venues
- No gathering on roads adjacent to the venue
- Any speech or display of any content or caricature that may hurt religious sentiment cannot be given or published
- Participants cannot carry objects like sticks and rods
The DMP, in its list of conditions, also prohibited both parties from delivering instigating speeches or distributing such leaflets, or marching towards the venue with processions.
The party leaders and activists must assemble at the venue two hours before the rally starts, said the DMP notices.
