Addressing the rally, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader said, “There will be peace, democracy and development rallies in all metropolitan cities, districts and upazilas on January 30. On that day, armed with red-green flags, you will say how democracy, peace and development will happen. Our leaders and workers will remain alert across the country.”
Earlier in the day, the BNP took out a black flag procession in the Naya Paltan area of the capital. Quader described the event as a ‘mourning procession’ and said that the black flag procession was fake and the January 30 procession would also be fake.