Left political parties under the banner ‘Anti-Imperialism Patriotic People’ began a two-day road march from Dhaka to Chattogram from in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday morning.
The march is being organised to protest the interim government’s plans to lease out the management of Chattogram Port’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) to a foreign company and the geopolitical risks of establishing a humanitarian corridor in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
The platform, supported by several left-leaning political groups, announced the programme at a press conference held in Dhaka recently.
Communist Party of Bangladesh general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince also coordinator of Left Democratic Alliance and Antifascism Left Alliance coordinator Nasir Uddin Nasu spoke in the rally.
The two-day march will hold roadside railles in different points in Narayanganj, Cumilla, followed by an overnight stay in Feni.
On Saturday (June 28), the march will resume and move through Mirsharai and Sitakunda, before concluding with a final rally outside Chattogram Port.
Leaders of more than 50 left political parties and socio-cultural organisations are attending the road march and it will move in buses and motor cars.