BNP, other parties to form nationwide human chains on Saturday

PBC NEWS DESK: BNP and like-minded opposition parties will form human chains across the country on Saturday to press home their 10-point demand.

The opposition parties are going to form the human chains under the third phase after staging consecutive road-march programmes from the cities to unions across the country for over a month.

Shayrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP’s media cell, confirmed it on Friday saying the human-chain program will be formed in all divisional cities and districts across the country from 11:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday.

The parties will form the human-chain to protest against the price hike of daily necessities including electricity, rice, oil, agricultural and educational materials and press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government and unconditional release of Begum Khaleda Zia, said Shayrul Kabir Khan.

“A human-chain program will be held at Naya Paltan in front of BNP’s central office at 11:00am under the initiative of Dhaka City South BNP. The party’s General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas will remain present,” he said.

“Another human-chain will be formed in front of Suvastu Nazar Valley at Uttar Badda at 11:00am under the initiative of Dhaka City North BNP where BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain will attend,” he added.

Shayrul Kabir Khan further said Ganatantra Mancha will form human chain opposite to Bijoynagar water tank, 12 party alliance near the Bijoynagar water tank, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote in front of Al-Razi Complex in Purana Paltan, Gonoforum in Motijheel area, Ganatantrik Bam Oikya in front of National Press Club and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will form human-chain in Karwan Bazar area.

BNP started anti-government movement from August last year and a simultaneous program started in late December.