BNP to join 'March for Gaza' protest against Israeli genocide in Palestine
The rally has been organised by the Palestine Solidarity Movement Bangladesh
BNP is set to participate in today's "March for Gaza" programme to protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and Rafah in Palestine.
A BNP delegation, led by its Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed, will join the march, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
He said the BNP delegation will start the march from Baitul Mukarram point after Zohr prayers and gather at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
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The rally has been organised by the Palestine Solidarity Movement Bangladesh.
Thousands of people have already started gathering at Suhrawardy Udyan to attend the programme, although it is scheduled to begin at 3:00pm.
Sheikh Fazlul Karim Maruf, media coordinator of the Palestine Solidarity Movement, said the march will begin at 2:00pm from five points and culminate in the mass gathering at Suhrawardy Udyan at 3:00pm.
Organisers said the purpose of the rally is to raise a united voice against Israeli aggression and demonstrate unwavering support for the innocent civilians of Palestine.
The organisers also announced that Muhammad Abdul Malek, the khatib of the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram, will preside over the gathering.
'March for Gaza' in Dhaka today in protest against Israeli atrocities
Earlier on Thursday, the BNP brought out a massive rally in the capital, expressing solidarity with the persecuted people of Gaza and Rafah in Palestine.
The programme also aimed at condemning the mass killings, atrocities and persecution of the Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces.
Thousands of leaders and activists of the BNP and its associate bodies took out the rally from in front of its Nayapaltan central office.
Carrying national flags, as well as the flags of the BNP and Palestine, along with banners, festoons and placards inscribed with slogans against Israeli mass killings and oppression, they also chanted anti-Israeli slogans.
From Nayapaltan, the rally proceeded through Kakrail, Shantinagar, Malibagh and Moghbazar, before concluding at Bangla Motor.
Similar rallies were also held in major cities across the country the same day at the initiative of the party.
