BNP takes out massive rally marking 7 Nov
BNP brought out a massive rally in the capital's Nayapaltan today (8 November) marking the 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day'.
The rally started in front of the party office around 3:30pm.
BNP leaders and activists from various wards of Dhaka city and surrounding districts gathered in Nayapaltan in small processions to join the rally.
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After a brief address, the party's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman formally inaugurated the rally through a virtual address. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also spoke at the gathering.
A grand procession took place from Nayapaltan towards Manik Mia Avenue, passing through Kakrail intersection, Kakrail Mosque, Matsya Bhaban, the Engineering Institute, Shahbagh, Hotel Intercontinental, Bangla Motor, Karwan Bazar, and Farmgate.
Carrying banners, festoons, placards, and portraits of the party's top leaders, BNP activists are chanting slogans demanding elections and the withdrawal of cases against senior party leaders, including Tarique Rahman.
BNP observed 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day' on Thursday, commemorating the 'civil-military uprising' of 7 November 1975.
On 7 November 1975, amid political unrest, soldiers and civilians jointly freed then Chief of Army Staff Ziaur Rahman from confinement in Dhaka Cantonment, paving the way for his ascent to power.
