Jamaat Ameer to address rally in Khulna today

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman is set to visit Khulna on Tuesday to take part in an election rally.

The rally will be held at the historic Circuit House ground in Khulna at 3:30pm.

The Khulna metropolitan and district units of Jamaat-e-Islami is organising the event.

Party leaders said all preparations, including the construction of the stage, have already been completed.

According to party sources, Dr Rahman will depart Dhaka on Tuesday morning and arrive in Jashore by helicopter. He is scheduled to address an election rally as chief guest at the Jashore Eidgah ground at 9:30am. On his way to Satkhira, he will also address roadside meetings in Kalaroa and Dumuria before speaking at another election rally at Satkhira Government Boys’ High School ground at 12:30pm.

Dr Rahman is expected to reach Khulna at around 2:00pm and will later address the main rally at the Circuit House ground in the afternoon. In the evening, he will travel to Bagerhat, where he is scheduled to speak at an election rally at 6:30pm.

Special guests at the Khulna rally will include Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar, Islami Chhatra Shibir central president Nurul Islam Saddam, Jamaat-e-Islami central executive member Mobarak Hossain, and central organising secretary and Khulna regional director Muhaddis Abdul Khaleq.

The rally will be presided over by Professor Mahfuzur Rahman, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Khulna Metropolitan and convener of the rally preparation committee.