Later, an SMS sent by the US Embassy spokesperson said, “In the Embassy’s meeting with the Home Minister today, October 22, the issue of road closure in Dhaka on October 28 was not discussed.” Ambassador Haas expressed the importance of peaceful demonstrations and interference-free participation in the political process.”
BNP has announced a grand rally in Dhaka on October 28 as part of its one-point demand to topple the government. The party is making preparations on a large scale for the success of the program.
On the other hand, the ruling Awami League is giving ‘maximum’ priority to deal with this grand rally of BNP. Many policy makers of the party are seeing this meeting of BNP as a ‘last effort’ in the last phase of the government’s tenure. Therefore, the ruling party is hoping to exert pressure to reduce the gathering or prevent it from taking place altogether.