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Gazipur tense over rally of 20-party

BCL threatens to foil it unless Tarique apologises for his comments

Staff Correspondent
Tension runs high in Gazipur over Khaleda Zia's rally scheduled for December 27 as local leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League have vowed to resist it unless BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman withdraws his remarks on Bangabandhu Sheikh Muj ibur Rahman.
In a counter threat to the BCL, student wing of the ruling Awami League, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of the BNP, yesterday vowed to teach its political rival a lesson by giving mass beating.
"The meeting of the BNP chairperson will be held on the scheduled date and venue. Chhatra Dal is determined to do everything needed for holding the rally and making it a success," JCD general secretary Akramul Hasan said at a press conference at BNP's Naya Paltan central office.
He also demanded that BCL leaders seek apology and withdraw their indecent and abusive remarks on Khaleda and Tarique. "Otherwise, we will teach Chhatra League a lesson by giving mass thrashing on the street," he said.
The JCD leaders in the briefing called upon the government to restrain the BCL men.
The BNP-led 20-party alliance recently announced to hold a public rally at Gazipur Bhawal Badre Alam Government College ground where Khaleda Zia is supposed to deliver speech as chief guest.
But convenor of Gazipur district Chhatra League Delwar Hossain at a press conference at the district press club on Sunday threatened that they wouldn't allow Khaleda Zia to hold the rally there rather they would organise a counter rally.
Kaliganj upazila unit of BCL yesterday also issued similar threats not to allow Khaleda to hold meeting at anywhere in Gazipur including the Bhawal College ground.
Contacted, Kazi Sayeduzzaman Alam, general secretary of district BNP, told The Daily Star that they have already taken all preparations to make the rally a success. "We must hold the rally at any cost," he added.
“We have taken permission from the respective college authority. We have also sought permission from the district police and they assured us of their cooperation in this regard,” he said.
Local leaders of BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday held a meeting to fix their strategy following the BCL threat.
Harun-ar-Rashid, superintendent of police in Gazipur, told The Daily Star that they would take lawful measures after evaluating the latest law and order situation regardingthe rally.
"Both the groups [BNP and BCL] have applied for holding the rally. We have suggested both sides to settle the issue through discussion," he said, adding that the law enforcement agencies will take every action to avert any untoward situation in the district.
He also said members of the intelligence in Gazipur and Joydevpur police are collecting information from the respective areas centring the rally. We will take final decision on giving permission to hold the rally after getting the intelligence report," he added.