District BNP joint general secretary Kazi Aktaruzzaman said, “Half hundred of our leaders and workers were injured in this. In the presence of the police administration, they attacked us and vandalized the stage, tore the banner, but the police did not stop them.”
However, District Awami League General Secretary Momtazul Haque denied the attack on the stage of BNP.
He complained and said, “When our meeting started, the BNP leaders and activists started making obscene words and provocative statements in the name of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Then some of our boys went there and banned them, nothing else was done.”
Mamatazul complained, “They attacked our leaders and activists as they went to block BNP leaders and activists.”
At the end of the program of the two parties
After the police brought the situation under control, the district Awami League resumed its rally at its meeting place around 12 noon. Awami League leaders and workers went to the party office at Chowrangi intersection in the city after the meeting at around 1 pm.
District Awami League vice president. Hafizur Rashid Manju, General Secretary Mamatazul Haque, Vice President Akshay Kumar Roy, said in the peace rally. Amjad Hossain, Ahsan Rahim Manzil, brave freedom fighter Aminul Haque, Sadar Upazila Awami League President Abuzar Rahman, General Secretary Md. Wadud Rahman, Municipal Awami League President. Mushfiqul Islam, General Secretary Arif Hossain Moon, District Chhatra League President Monirul Hasan Apple, General Secretary Masud Sarkar.
After the Awami League rally, BNP leaders and activists held a short rally there. After the rally, a protest march took place. The procession went around various roads of the city and ended at the Barabazar traffic junction.