Different political parties in Dhaka on Friday protested against Wednesday鈥檚 violence in Gopalganj centring the National Citizen Party rally there.
The NCP鈥檚 Dhaka north and south city units jointly held a rally at the National Press Club in the afternoon while Islami Andolan Bangladesh鈥檚 Dhaka north and south city units jointly brought out a procession from in front of the Baitul聽 Mukarram National Mosque after the Friday prayers, protesting at the attack and demanding immediate arrest of the attackers.
At least five people were killed and scores injured in a series of clashes between the members of law enforcement agencies and activists of Awami League over the NCP rally in Gopalganj on Wednesday.
Addressing the NCP rally, Dhanmondi thana unit organiser Zikrul Hasan alleged that Awami League and its affiliated organisations carried out the attack in a planned way.
Criticising the interim government for its alleged failure to arrest the hooligans of Awami League and its affiliated organisations for carrying out massacre during the July uprising, he said that the government鈥檚 failure had emboldened the hooligans to make violent attacks on the NCP鈥檚 Wednesday rally.
Zikrul said, 鈥榃e demand immediate arrest of the attackers and all hooligans of Awami League.鈥�
The party鈥檚 Khilgaon thana unit organiser Nazir Hussain warned the ousted Awami League leaders and activists, saying that the NCP along with students and people would give stern answer to the attack.
Nazir demanded that the government must take tough action to bring the AL hooligans to justice. Otherwise, he feared that such violence might continue.
Different thana unit NCP leaders and activists, including Nizam Uddin, Alim Hussain, Abu Sufian and Abbas Talukdar, were present at the protest rally.
Chairing Islami Andolan Bangladesh鈥檚 brief rally before the procession, its joint secretary general Sheikh Fazle Bari Masud said that Awami fascists became bloodthirsty again and so they attacked the July-August protesters, NCP leaders.
The way the Awami hooligans launched the attacks within less than a year proved that the nation had no alternative but to wipe out the fascist forces forever, said Masud.
He also demanded that the followers of Awami League from everywhere, including the administration and secretariat, must be brought to justice.
IAB secretary general Yunus Ahmad Sheikh, joint secretary general Muhammad Imtiaz Alam, assistant secretary general Ahmed Abdul Qayyum and other central leaders were present at the programme.
The leaders, activists and supporters of IAB marched through different roads in Paltan and Bijoynagar areas.
The interim government on May 12 banned all activities of Awami League and the organisations affiliated, allied and associated to it and its like-minded bodies until the completion of the trials in International Crimes Tribunal the leaders and activists of AL and its associated organisations are facing for atrocities perpetrated in the July uprising.
Awami League was ousted from power on August 5, 2024 amid a mass uprising.