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The 11-party alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will rally in seven divisional cities, demanding implementation of the referendum verdict on reforms under the July charter.

Party Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad made the announcement yesterday at a briefing following the alliance’s liaison committee meeting at Jamaat’s central office in Moghbazar, Dhaka.

The first rally will be held in Rajshahi on May 16. Subsequent programmes are scheduled for Chattogram on June 13, Khulna on June 20, Mymensingh on June 27, Rangpur on July 11, Barishal on July 18, and Sylhet on July 25. A grand rally will be staged in Dhaka around October.

Azad also said the coalition plans to hold opinion-exchange meetings with different professional groups to build public support.

At the briefing, National Citizen Party Spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said the 11-party will continue its street movement alongside the divisional rallies.