Jatiya Party postpones tomorrow’s rally

JP rally postponed due to ban on gatherings by DMP

Dhaka, Nov 1 - Jatiya Party has postponed its rally in front of its central office at Kakrail tomorrow due to a ban on gatherings imposed by the DMP in the area.

The party announced the decision in a statement issued on Friday night, signed by Khandaker Delwar Jalali, JP chief’s press secretary.

In the statement, the Jatiya Party said that it will announce further programmes at a later date.

“Jatiya Party made this decision respecting the law as Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a ban on all meetings, rallies, processions, marches, and demonstrations at Kakrail and surrounding areas on Saturday,” it said in the statement.

Earlier on the day the DMP banned all types of public gathering in the capital's Kakrail and surrounding areas hours after Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader said the previously scheduled rally would go ahead as planned tomorrow, despite yesterday’s attack.

On Thursday evening, unidentified miscreants set fire to the Jatiya Party (JP) central office in Dhaka's Kakrail area.

According to eyewitnesses, a group of individuals—many wearing helmets and armed with sticks—entered the JP office through the main entrance. Chanting slogans, they tore down banners and festoons, vandalized furniture, and then set fire to the building's front and several rooms inside.-UNB