DMP has authority to give 28 Oct rally permission, not me: Home minister
"If ten more parties want to hold rallies on the same day, we will allow them if they can do it peacefully. There will be no chaos if everyone follows the law"
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said he is not the one who decides which party gets permission to hold rallies – rather, it lies solely in the hands of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
"Neither the BNP nor the Awami League have been given permission for the 28 October rally yet. The DMP commissioner will decide who gets permission to hold rallies and where," he said while talking to reporters on Wednesday (25 October).
Asked whether Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami would get permission for holding a rally, Kamal commented that the party is not even registered.
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"If they come under the banner of Jamaat-e-Islami, there is no way they would be given permission," he said.
"If ten more parties want to hold rallies on the same day, we will allow them if they can do it peacefully. There will be no chaos if everyone follows the law," he said, responding to whether two parties would be given permission to rally on the same day.
Asked if Jamaat sought permission at all, the minister said the DMP commissioner could confirm that. "No one has asked me for permission."
