Bangladesh Awami League and its affiliated and associate organisations held peace rallies on Saturday across the country in protest against terrorism, anarchy, militancy and anti-state conspiracy hatched by BNP-Jamaat and anti-liberation forces.
The peace rally was also held at the union level.
In peace rallies the ruling party leaders and activists vowed to keep the people of the country protected from the evil forces like BNP, Jamaat and their allies.
They also said that the ruling party men would continue their vigilance with a view to providing assistance to law-enforcement agencies of their own accord.
The ruling party leaders said that keeping peace in the country and helping law-enforcing agnecies are their responsibilities since the people of the country have given them the mandate through voting.
At the peace rallies, the senior leaders of the ruling party also directed the leaders and activists at the grassroots levels to remain alert so that the anti-state and defeated anti-liberation forces could not destabilise the situation in the counytry and desturb peace and communal harmony by resorting to anarchy and conspiracy.
According to Awami League official sources, alongside Awami League, its affiliated organisations like Jubo League, Chhatra League, Krishok League, Swechchhasebok League, Mohila Awami League and Tanti League held rallies at different cities, districts, upazilas and in union levels.
In a press release issued on Friday the party officials said that the peace rally programme will continue until the next 12th general elections are held.
It is widely known that earlier the miscreants of BNP and Jammat carried out fire-terrorism in 2014 when several hundred people were killed as the miscreants set public buses on fire throwing petrol bombs. The evil forces are also busy spreading rumours and propaganda to mislead the people and tarnish the image of the country.
According to Awami League leaders, the decision has been taken as centring the next parliamrentary election, the BNP, Jamaat and other forces might take attempt of creating anarchy.
The party sources said that many central leaders also took part in the programmes held at district and upazila levels.
There are a total of 76 organisational districts of Awami League. The central leaders have moved to 40 districts while the local leaders and parliamentarians will take care of the remaining districts.
In Rajshahi, city Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton categorically said BNP's movement will never be successful as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has already attained people's trust and confidence.
"Awami League is a party of mass-people and it remains in power for the last three consecutive terms with people's mandate," he added while addressing a peace rally as the guest at Baneswar Bazar under Puthiya Upazila in the district.
Local units of Awami League organised the meeting as part of the party's countrywide programme in protest against the efforts of creating anarchy, terrorism and instability by the BNP-Jamaat axis.
Mayor Liton, who is also presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League, termed the BNP's demands of restoring caretaker government baseless, unconstitutional and undemocratic and said their demands will never be fulfilled.
With upazila Awami League president Prof Nazrul Islam in the chair, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Awami League Central Committee Member Begum Akhter Jahan, Prof Monsur Rahman, MP, and other local leaders.
Mayor Liton said digital Bangladesh has already been built and time has come to build Smart Bangladesh with the prudent and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He said the present government is working relentlessly for the overall development of the country. So, all the party leaders and workers should extend their sincere support for successful implementation of the development programms.
