BNP Plans Long March Towards Agartala Wednesday

After Sunday’s road march in the capital, three BNP associate bodies—Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, Swechchasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal—will now stage a long march from Dhaka to Agartala on Wednesday to protest against Indian aggression.

Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal central President Monayem Munna announced at a press conference at the BNP’s Naya Paltan central office on Monday.

He said they will begin their long march from Naya Paltan at 8am on Wednesday and it will end along the Akhaura Indian border to protest the attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala and the desecration of the country's national flag.

The program is also meant to register protests against what they describe as an Indian plot to incite communal riots in Bangladesh and spread propaganda and misinformation against the country.

Earlier, on Sunday, they submitted a memorandum to the Indian High Commission to register their protest against the recent anti-Bangladesh incidents in the neighbouring country and demanding an end to misinformation about Bangladesh and ensuring the safety of Bangladeshi missions in India.

They went to the Indian High Commission in Baridhara, Dhaka, where they handed over the memorandum to a security official of the Indian mission.

Earlier, police blocked a protest march arranged by three associate bodies of BNP towards the Indian mission near Rampura Bridge in the capital for the sake of maintaining law and order.

Later, the six-member delegation of the protesters was allowed to go to the Indian High Commission to submit the memorandum.