Grassroots-level programme of BNP ends tomorrow

11 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The two-month grassroots-level programme of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ends tomorrow through holding a discussion of the party's Dhaka division unit in the city. A meeting on 'Importance of Grassroots Representatives' Conference' will be held at Mohanagar Natya Mancha in the presence of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Later, a report will be prepared based on the opinions from the grassroots-level activists during the meetings held at different places across the country. However, sources said no the field-level leader of the party was allowed to speak at any meeting organised at 10 cities, including divisional headquarters, across the country. "A final outcome of the meetings will be placed before the chairperson," said Aman Ullah Aman, joint secretary general of the party and coordinator of the meeting for Dhaka division. He was talking to reporters at a press briefing at tomorrow's meeting venue. The grassroots-level programme started in Sylhet on February 6, followed by Barisal, Khulna, Jessore, Faridpur, Cox's Bazar, Mymensingh, Dinajpur, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Bogra districts. Asked about the outcome, Aman said Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman started the similar programme in 2005, which bridged the gap between central and field-level leaders and workers. Meanwhile, BNP has postponed its chairperson's public meeting in Barisal scheduled to be held on April 29, as most of its leaders will be busy in by-election of Bhola-3 constituency. Khaleda kicked off her divisional public meeting on March 29 at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong and she is scheduled to address a similar meeting in Khulna on April 18. The date of her public meeting in Rajshahi has been fixed on May 4 and a grand rally will be held on May 19 in the capital. Meanwhile, Dhaka district BNP at a meeting at Dhaka Reporters' Unity yesterday decided to organise a public meeting on April 26. MOSHARRAF AT JCD MEETING BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain at a protest rally organised by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Muktangan in the city yesterday alleged that the government is busy to implement its own agenda and it has no intention to reduce the public suffering due persisting crises of water, electricity and gas. Later, a protest procession was brought out from the same venue demanding an end to the public suffering due to the crises.