Dhaka, Oct 16 (Just News): Newly formed Jatiya Oikya Front will start its programmes through holding a grand rally in Sylhet city on October 23 to mobilise public support in favour of its seven-point demand for holding a credible election.
Oikya front leader and JSD president ASM Abdur Rab announced the programme after the first meeting of the opposition alliance at his Uttara residence.
He said they will go to Sylhet on October 23 and offer fatheha at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) and Shah Paran (R), and then hold a grand rally in the city.
After Sylhet, Rab said, they will gradually hold public rallies in all other divisional cities, including Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khjulna and Rangpur.
On October13, BNP together with Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, JSD and Nagorik Oikya launched the Jatiy Oikya Front.
Rab said the Oikya Front leaders at their maiden meeting took two decisions—forming a liaison committee involving the alliance leaders and holding grand rallies.
The JSD leader sought cooperation of the government and the administration to peacefully hold their programmes ahead of the national election.
He said the Front leaders will hold another meeting on Wednesday, and then announce the names of the liaison committee members.
The meeting began around 12:15pm and continued for around two-and-a-half hours.
At one stage of the meeting, former caretaker government adviser Mainul Hosein attended it.
Apart from Rab and Hosein, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, JSD general secretary Abdul Malek Ratan, Gana Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury, general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu, Zafrullah Chowdhury, and former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed were present at the meeting.
(Justnews/ys/2110hr)
