Shawdesh desk:

Associate bodies of Bangladesh Nationalist Party began its long march towards Agartala on Wednesday morning in front of the party’s central office in the capital’s Nayapaltan area protesting at the attack on the Bangladesh mission in India’s Agartala.

BNP’s three associate bodies — Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, Swechchhasebak Dal, and Chhatra Dal began the long march at about 9:10am after holding a short rally in front of its central office.

The long march was organised slamming the attack on Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, India’s aggression on Bangladesh and desecration of Bangladesh’s national flag.

Addressing short rally as the chief guest, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvy said, ‘We will not surrender our independence to India.’

He said that although India was a democratic country, it did not want democracy in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.

‘Delhi wants to control the neighbouring countries,’ he added.

He claimed that India had controlled Bangladesh during the fascist government of Sheikh Hasina.

Traffic around Nayapaltan area remained halted for about two hours since 7:45am due to presence of several thousand leaders and activists of BNP’s associate bodies.

Juba Dal general secretary Nurul Islam Noyon said that Juba Dal was ready to resist India’s conspiracy.

JCD president Rakibul Islam Rakib said that India kept continuing their conspiracies after Sheikh Hasina fled to India on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.

Speakers slammed Indian media outlets for spreading rumors about Bangladesh.