Awami League Goverment's Undemocratic unconstitutional ban on Jamaat's Rally

Jamaat-e-Islami has postponed Monday's scheduled Paltan rally after the police had banned gathering at the ground.

"We have postponed the rally for now from a sense of responsibility to stop creating any chaotic situation," the opposition party's secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed told a briefing on Monday at the party's Moghbazar headquarters.

The party earlier in the day held a meeting to discuss how it should respond to a police ban.

Police on Saturday banned rallies and processions at Paltan ground as Jamaat and and later by the instruction of the ruling party pro-government Jubo League scheduled their rallies at the same venue at the same time.

Jamaat announced protest rallies in the six divisional cities including Dhaka on Tuesday and in all the districts on June 6.

Mojaheed said: "Jubo League called the meeting on the same day to foil our meeting because of its power. The government and police have cooperated with them."

He alleged that the government had infringed their democratic right by not 'allowing them' to hold the rally.

Asked why they had not put off the rally on Sunday, the Jamaat leader said: "We wanted the government cooperation in holding the rally but have not got any response.

"We have decided to postpone the meeting after the National Sports Council cancelled the allocation in the morning," he said.

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