Jamaat-led bloc to field 1,000 vehicles for Dhaka-Ctg march on 5 September

The Opposition alliance, led by Jamaat-e-Islami, expects that around 1,000 vehicles would join their march from Dhaka to Chattogram on 5 September to press for July Charter and referendum verdict implementation.

Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar gave the estimate of the number of vehicles at a press briefing held at the party headquarters in the capital on Tuesday.

The long march would begin from the Shapla Square in the capital around 7am on 5 September and end at the Laldighi Maidan in Chattogram, the Jamaat leader said.

During the march, the alliance partners would also stage rallies at crucial points along the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, he said.

Jamaat sough cooperation from the police during a meeting with officers on Monday, he added.

To avoid public suffering, vehicles and activists would move through one side of the road, and leave the other side for civilian movement, Porwar said.

Still, some disruptions could happen, for which the party seeks people’s apology, he said.