The ruling Awami League is set to arrange the biggest rally in its history on March 7, to commemorate the historic speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the day in 1971. Awami League units from Dhaka and adjacent districts have completed their public campaigns to make the meeting successful, and hope that thousands of people from all walks of lives will join the rally. Aiming to promote attendance at the program, Awami League arranged numerous meetings with several units, including those of Dhaka North and South as well as Narayanganj, Manikganj, Gazipur, Tangail, Narsingdi and Munshiganj, Awami League Office Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap said. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, during his visit to Suhrawardy Udyan on Sunday, told journalists that the meeting on March 7 will be the biggest in the history of Bangladesh since 1975. Awami League joint General Secretary Abdur Rahman said: “Awami League’s March 7 public meeting is the first commemoration of the event after Unesco’s recognition, and we are ready to arrange the biggest rally ever.”Mohammad Iqbal Hossain Sabuj, general secretary of Gazipur district Awami League, said: “Awami League central command has instructed us to gather a huge number of people from the district at the Suhrawardy Udyan meeting.”He hoped that nearly 500,000 people would attend.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 06, 2018 14:49 UTC