Modi, who is seeking a rare third consecutive term, referred to Muslims as "infiltrators" during a campaign speech on Sunday, drawing widespread criticism from opposition groups
BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters that the support was unconditional.
“We’ve decided to give our full supports to the shutdown programme called by the Islamist parties in protest against the Friday’s police attacks across the country on the faithful,” he said.
After unleashing a wave of mayhem across the country on Friday, the Islamist parties called for a nationwide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Sunday protesting what they said attacks on demonstrators who were demanding punishment against the ‘atheist’ bloggers of Shahbagh movement.