Police obstruct BNP’s demos in Dhaka city

Bangladesh Nationalist Party claimed that police foiled its processions at different spots in Dhaka city on Saturday brought out in protest against denial of police permission to the party to hold rally in the capital on Friday to mark January 5 as ‘Democracy Killing Day’.
More than 20 leaders and activists of the party were injured in police action at different places in Dhaka city, the party claimed.
The BNP on Friday announced demonstration at each police station in Dhaka city as Dhaka Metropolitan Police did not allow it to hold rally either at SuhrwardyUdyan or Naya Paltan in the city.
Police foiled protest processions of BNP leaders and activists at Shahbagh, Panthapath, Uttara north, Uttar Khan, Dokhin Khan, Turag, Mirpur and Kachukhet areas, said a BNP press release. 
Police picked up an activist from a procession at Kachukhet, it added.
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a news briefing at the party’s central office around 11:30 am on Saturday claimed that more than 10 leaders and activists were injured in police attack on the party’s protest procession at Shahbagh.
Leaders and activists of Dhaka city BNP brought out processions at different thanas including Badda, Pallabi, Darus Salam, Tejgaon, Mohammadpur, Rampura, Rupnagar,Uttara east and west, and Biman bandar.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was scheduled to attend a function in Thakurgaon as chief guest, in a statement strongly condemned and protested the imposition of section 144 in some upazilas of Thakurgaon district including sadar upazila on Saturday.
He also protested and condemned police attack on the protest procession at Shahbagh.
Fakhrul said the incumbent government was obstructing peaceful programmes of the opposition including BNP to establish a ‘state system’ without opposition.
Meanwhile, at the day’s briefing, BNP senior joint secretary general Rizvi claimed that ruling Awami League would ‘soon be extinct’ for its’ ‘excess arrogance, corruption, audacity, repression and falsehood’. 
He made the remarks as a counter reply to Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader who on Friday said the BNP would become extinct if it does not take part in the upcoming general elections.
Rizvi said they (AL) themselves have turned into a big Dinosaur through excess power, corruption, audacity, repression and falsehood. 
‘So you (AL) would soon be extinct,’ the BNP leader said.
He cautioned the AL general secretary that speaking about next general election to be held under prime minister Sheikh Hasina would be ‘futile’. 
While calling Awami League ‘an empty vessel’, he said empty vessels sound much. 
People raised voice to restore their voting rights and continued the struggle under the leadership of BNP chairperson Khaleda to take back lost democracy, he said.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net