MOHAMMAD AL-MASUM MOLLA

The BNP wants to hold a rally in Dhaka on Victory Day.

It also plans to take out a procession from in front of the party’s Nayapaltan headquarters, which remains locked since October 29, a day after the party’s grand rally in Nayapaltan was foiled.

BNP sources said party’s leaders and activists, who are in hiding, will join the rally.

“Like every year, we will bring out Victory Day processions this year too, and we have made this decision in the party forum,” Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, BNP standing committee member, told The Daily Star last night.

The decision came from a meeting of the standing committee, the highest policymaking body of the party, last night.

Tuku said they will write to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police seeking permission. If the permission is granted, people from all walks of life will join the rally, he added.

On December 10, the party formed human chains across the country to mark the Human Rights Day. Although a good number of mid-level leaders joined the human chain programmes, only a few senior leaders turned up.

A large number of BNP activists demonstrated in He

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