Jamaat to hold rallies on Friday, Sunday
Meanwhile, both BNP and Awami League are scheduled to hold rallies on Saturday (9 September)
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The Jamaat-e-Islami has announced that it will hold rallies on Friday and Sunday in all major cities of the country.
Jamaat leaders say the party will hold the rallies to protest the obstruction of the funeral of its former leader Delawar Hossain Sayeedi in absentia. The party is also demanding the release of its arrested leaders and the assurance that the next general election will be held under a caretaker government.
The party will hold a peaceful march in Dhaka on Friday and in all major cities of the country on Sunday, said its Acting Secretary General Maulana ATM Masum in a statement on Wednesday.
The acting secretary general sought the cooperation of all Jamaat supporters, the general public and the administration for the peaceful implementation of the programme.
Meanwhile, BNP has announced to hold separate mass processions in the capital on Saturday (9 September) to mount pressure on the government to quit and hold the next election under a non-party caretaker government.
And Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami League will hold a peace rally on Saturday (9 September) to protest BNP Jamaat's "terrorism and anarchy".