<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>As part of BNP's four-day program, the leaders and activists of its Dhaka South City unit started marching towards the capital's Shyampur area from Jatrabari to press home their 10-point demand, including holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir formally inaugurated the program in front of Jatrabari Ideal School around 2:50pm on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the second such program of BNP as the leaders and activists of the party's Dhaka North City unit marched from Badda to Malibagh in the capital on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>In a brief address prior to launching the march, Fakhrul asked the party leaders and activists to hold the program peacefully as they did all other previous programs.</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, warned the ruling party not to consider BNP's peaceful programs as its weakness. “A strong resistance will be put up if our program is obstructed.”</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader also said they will achieve the final victory by ousting the current government through peaceful programs with the involvement of the common people.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said they have begun a new chapter of the movement through the march program for the restoration of democracy and people's voting and other rights. “This march is a triumph of democracy and civilization.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said the ruling party leaders are now making unguarded remarks as they have lost the grounds beneath their feet after getting isolated from people.</div><div><br></div><div>Stating the ruling party's various “evil” efforts to ensure the victory of Advocate Abdus Sattar, a former MP and sacked BNP leader, in the Brahmanbaria-2 constituency by-polls, Fakhrul said no fair election can be held as long as Awami League is in power.</div><div><br></div><div>“So, the Awami League government must hand over power to a caretaker government after quitting and dissolve parliament so that people can cast their votes under a new election commission," Fakhrul said.</div><div><br></div><div>Thousands of leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies joined the program, carrying banners, national, party and white flags, festoons and portraits of the party's top leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>A huge number of law enforcers have been deployed to maintain law and order and fend off any untoward incidents.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Thursday, BNP announced the four-day march program in the capital for January 28, 30, 31 and February 1.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka North City unit BNP will also march from Gabtoli to Mirpur-10 intersection on January 31, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Dhaka South City unit BNP will march from Mugda to Malibagh on February 1.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>