All set for 20-Party alliance's rally at Suhrawardy Udyan

The BNP-led 20-Party alliance is ready to go ahead with its rally at Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday afternoon.

Preparations for the rally started on Monday evening after police gave permission for it.

The stage was completed by Tuesday morning and megaphones installed at all designated points.

Police and para-military personnel have been deployed in and around the venue since morning.

BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the rally will kick-off at 2pm.

"20-Party alliance leaders, including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will address the rally. The BNP's Dhaka metropolitan unit Convener Mirza Abbas will preside over it," he told bdnews24.com on Tuesday.

Asked whether BNP chief Khaleda Zia would join the rally, Rizvi said they are yet to be informed by her office at Gulshan.

On Oct 25 last year, Khaleda Zia addressed a rally of the alliance led by her party at the same venue.

The BNP chief, however, later joined a BNP-organised rally on Jan 20 at the Suhrawardy Udyan.