BNP on Wednesday chalked out a two-day programme to observe what it calls “National Revolution and Solidarity Day” marking “civil-military uprising” on November 7, 1975’.
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programmes at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office.
As part of the programme, he said, their party flag will be hoisted atop all the BNP offices across the country on the morning of November 7 while BNP leaders and activists will place wreaths and offer fateha at the grave of late President and party founder Ziaur Rahman at 11 am.
The party will also arrange a discussion at Mohanagar Natya Mancha on November 6 to mark the day.
Besides, BNP’s associate bodies and all units across the country will hold various programmes, including discussions, cultural programmes, photo exhibition and publishing supplements in newspapers.
Amid political turmoil, soldiers and civilians on November 7, 1975 jointly freed then chief of army staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka cantonment, paving the path for Zia to come to power.
While BNP and its alliances celebrate November 7 as the “National Revolution and Solidarity Day”, the ruling Awami League and its front organisations consider it as the day of ‘killing of freedom fighters’. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rob) observes it as the day of “civil-military revolution”.
Source: United News of Bangladesh