<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Awami League leaders and activists started thronging the Polo Ground in the city Sunday morning where Prime Minister and AL president Sheikh Hasina will address a public rally in the afternoon.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They are arriving the venue on various vehicles including buses, auto-rickshaws, boats, steamers from different districts, upazilas, thana levels.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Law enforcers allowed entry to the ground following strict security since 10am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Members of the law enforcement agencies are particularly searching the bags, electronic devices of the leaders and media personnel at the rally venue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">AL leaders and activists of various upazilas including Patia, Sandwip, Raujan have already taken position inside the field. The workers of each area have come wearing same color t-shirts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among them, Patiya’s activists wore red t–shirt while Sandwip in orange, Raujan came in pink t-shirt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Member of Parliament Mahfuzur Rahman Mita has claimed that 15,000 activists have arrived at the&nbsp; rally venue from six unions of Sandwip upazila.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We left on various trawlers and boats on Saturday night. At 7am this morning, all the activists entered the Sadar Ghat area.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chattogram-12 MP Shamsul Haque Chowdhury said, "We have held various meetings ward to union level on the preparations of the rally in our parliamentary areas almost every day for a month."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Around 20,000-22,000 people from Patiya have attended this rally, he claimed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister is scheduled to deliver her speech from a 160-foot, boat-shaped stage at the Polo Ground, at 3 pm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken strict security measures marking the rally.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Three layers of security have been ensured throughout the city. Army and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) are deployed along with 7,500 police members, said CMP Commissioner Krishnapad Roy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hasina plans to visit different districts in stages before the 12th national election. As part of this, the first public meeting was held at Jashore Stadium.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Through the public rally in Jashore, election campaign of the ruling party began.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On December 7, she will address another party rally at the Sheikh Kamal Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>