The BNP-led 19-party alliance will stage rallies across the country on Saturday protesting the law enforcers’ obstruction to their black-flag processions, killing of a BNP leader and attacks on their activists, reports UNB. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday announced the programme at a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office in the city. The rallies will be held at all the divisional cities, district towns and upazila headquarters throughout the country. In the capital, the programme will be held at Suhrawardy Udyan. Addressing the press conference, Fakhrul alleged that the law enforcers attacked their peaceful black-flag processions at various parts of the country without any provocation. He claimed that a Jubo Dal leader, Piarul Islam, was killed in Satkhira as police opened fire on a party procession there. The alliance’s spokesmen also claimed that many leaders and activists of the alliance were injured in the police attacks. Besides, he said police arrested a number of their leaders and activists across the country. Fakhrul alleged that like the other parts of the country, police also attacked their leaders and activists at different wards in the Dhaka city when they tried to observe the programme at their respective wards, being denied by Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold the black-flag procession on the city’s streets. The BNP-led 19-party alliance was scheduled to take out black-flag processions across the country, including the capital, on Wednesday protesting the sitting of the 10th parliament formed through what the party said January-5 ‘farcical and voter-less’ elections. But the party could not stage the programme as the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) denied them permission. Meanwhile, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to meet the press very soon to brief about the ‘growing incidents of extrajudicial killing and human rights violation’. “We’ll hold a press conference within a day or two to give you the detailed information about secret killings, forced disappearances, and other incidents relating to human rights violation. There’s a possibility that our chairperson (Khaleda) will address it,” said BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, Fakhrul alleged that the government has resorted to all possible measures to annihilate the opposition to cling to power. The BNP spokesman said the current regime is indiscriminately killing the opposition leaders and activists across the country as it has no responsibility to protect people’s life and property. “The secret killings and extrajudicial killings have broken all the previous records. The bodies of both identified and unidentified people are being found here and there all over the country every day. Even a decomposed body was found at Dhaka University.” Fakhrul claimed expressing their concern many international organisations, human rights bodies and countries are communicating with them about the growing incidents of the extra-judicial killings. He urged the pro-liberation and pro-democratic forces to raise their voice against the government’s brutal repressive acts, undemocratic, fascist and autocratic attitude. The BNP leader also urged the media to give due importance to the incidents of extrajudicial killings and the repressive acts to force the government to behave democratically.

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