AL rally: Rangpur city abuzz with processions

Rangpur city is bustling with processions ahead of a massive public rally on Wednesday which Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is expected to address.

The divisional grand rally will begin at the ground of the Rangpur Zilla School in the afternoon, but the venue started to fill up from 8am in the morning. Leaders and activists from 58 upazilas have been crowding the spot wearing colourful t-shirts and caps, arriving in processions while chanting slogans.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened around the city, with security outposts set up at every road intersection. 21 points of the city have been set up as parking spots. More than a hundred CCTV cameras have been set up across the city.

According to party sources, the Prime Minister is expected to address the rally at 3pm to drum up public support in favour of her party's electoral symbol "Boat" ahead of the upcoming national polls.

She is going to address a rally on the same ground after a gap of 12 years.

The premier is scheduled to reach Rangpur at 1:30pm by helicopter.

She will also lay the cornerstone for five additional projects at the rally in addition to launching 27 development schemes.

In the Rangpur division, especially in the divisional city, enthusiasm and celebration have been pervasive among the leaders and activists of the AL and its front and associate organisations.

Everyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, is looking forward to the prime minister's address.

/KN/