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Khaleda's Programme for Today

Ban on rally; hartal called in Gazipur

BCL postpones counter rally; cops take over venue

Staff Correspondent
Amid growing political tension and Chhatra League's threat to resist Khaleda Zia's rally at the Bhawal Badre Alam College ground today, the administration has imposed Section 144 on the venue and adjacent areas prohibitingall political gatherings.
In protest at the ban, the BNP will observe a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Gazipur and hold countrywide demonstrations today, its acting general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgirtold journalists.
The decision was made at an emergency meeting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had with standing committee members, other senior leaders and representatives of Gazipur district unit at her Gulshan office last night.
The slapping of Section 144 also prompted Chhatra League to postpone a rally it decided to hold at the college ground today apparently to foil Khaleda's programme.
The BNP-led 20-party alliance last week planned the Gazipur rally to drum up public support for a fresh antigovernment movement demanding general elections under a non-party administration.
But Chhatra League threatened to foil the programme until BNP chief Khaleda Zia's elder son Tarique Rahman doesn't apologised for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a "big Razakar".
Occupying the venue onThursday, the pro-ruling party student organisation called the counter rally, saying it was in protest atTarique's abusive words against Bangabandhu.
"We have postponed our rally showing respect for the law. But our workers will keep vigil in the streets of Gazipur so that none can use violence in the name of hartal," Chhatra League General Secretary Siddiqui Nazmul Alam told
The Daily Star.
Yesterday, it was announced through loudspeakers at different intersections of Gazipur: "All kinds of rallies, demonstrations and gatherings are prohibited at Bhawal Badre Alam Govt College ground and its surrounding areas from 2:00pm |yesterday| till further notice."
Talking to The Daily Star, Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Nurul Islam said no political parties would be allowed to hold rallies at the college today.
Police have taken position in the college compound. In separate drives, they arrested nine activists of Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal, including the vice president of the local unit of Jubo Dal, from different parts of the city early yesterday.
Before clamping of Section 144, local Chhatra League, Jubo League and Sramik League activists held rallies and processions around the college in the morning vowing to thwart the 20-party alliance rally.
The opposition combine in a statement condemned the ban, saying such an autocratic decision proved that the ruling party wants to remain in power by violating the opposition's constitutional rights.