Khaleda addresses grand rally at Rajshahi today

BNP Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Khaleda Zia will address at a grand rally in Rajshahi today as part of her ongoing organisational tour of six divisional headquarters, from where she might call the nationalist forces and the people to take preparation for movements against the government’s ‘misrule, misdeeds and failure’.

Some highly placed sources of the party, however, told the New Nation that Khaleda would not announce tough agitation programmes against the government here but ask the people to raise their voices against violence, tender manipulation, women repression of the ruling party activists and leaders and price hike of essential commodities and crises of power, water and gas.

As part of the divisional cities tour to mobilise people against the government’s ‘failure, misrule and misdeeds,’ opposition leader Khaleda will address her grand rally at Madrasah Maidan of the city.

Meanwhile, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, member of the party’s national standing committee, at a press briefing in Rajshahi said that all necessary preparation were taken to make the programme successful.

The BNP chief will leave her cantonment residence at 8 am for Rajshahi and address to her followers at several points on the way.

Around 700 gates are set up from Sirajganj to Chapainawabganj covering Rajshahi to welcome Khaleda, Shafikul Haque Milon, general secretary of Rajshahi City BNP, said.

The city has already turned into a festive one with decoration of banners, posters and festoons where at least five lakh people from 18 districts of the country’s northern part are expected to attend the grand rally.

Besides this, many central leaders from Dhaka also will attend the programme.

The BNP chairperson began her divisional HQs organisational tour from the port city of Chittagong on March 29 by addressing a grand rally at the historic Laldigihi Maidan followed by Khulna on April 18.

A grand rally in Barisal city is scheduled to be held on May 12 while in the capital Dhaka, it is scheduled for May 19.

The last one of her organisational tour will be held in Sylhet which schedule is yet to be finalised.