Dhaka: The national rally of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam has commenced at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan, focusing on a seven-point agenda that includes ensuring a level playing field for a free, fair, impartial, and peaceful election. The rally officially began around 2 pm with the recitation of the Holy Quran. Jamaat's Ameer, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, is presiding over the event.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, people have been gathering in the capital since the morning, with Suhrawardy Udyan and its surrounding areas filled with the party's leaders and activists well before the rally's start. Thousands of Jamaat leaders and activists are present in various parts of the capital outside the park.
The seven demands outlined by the rally include ensuring a level playing field for free, fair, impartial, and peaceful elections; holding trials for all genocides, including the July genocide; ensuring necessary fundamental reforms; implementing the July Charter and Declaration; rehabilitating the families of those martyred and injured in the July mass uprising; conducting national elections through the PR system; and arranging voting facilities for over one crore expatriate Bangladeshis.