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Great enthusiasm is being seen among BNP leaders and activists in New York centring on the arrival of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The jubilant leaders and activists are ready to welcome their leader through various programmes.
The prime minister will arrive in New York this evening, Monday, local time. Meanwhile, BNP leaders and activists have filled Jackson Heights with processions and slogans.
It may be noted that Jackson Heights is an area inhabited largely by expatriate Bangladeshis.
BNP leaders and activists are marching in procession with banners and festoons in hand. There, top leaders of the local BNP are giving speeches highlighting the various development works of the current government.
At this time, the leaders and activists chanted slogans – ‘Tarique Rahman is coming, the streets are trembling’, ‘Tarique Rahman’s arrival in New York, greetings and welcome, soldiers of Zia unite, unite’.
With various such slogans, BNP leaders and activists are expressing their joy at their leader’s arrival.
Leaders and activists of the BNP New York City unit, Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (Jasas) and Sramik Dal are separately preparing to welcome the prime minister by standing along the roadside.
A Jubo Dal activist who came from Rajshahi said, ‘All of us must stay united so that the autocratic Awami League can never return to politics again.’
Expressing joy at the prime minister’s arrival, he further said, ‘On Monday we will take position in groups outside John F Kennedy International Airport and welcome our leader. When he arrives in New York in the evening, we will greet him standing on one side of the road.’
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Monday to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
