Khulna: Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to Khulna on Monday (November 13). He will address the public meeting organized by Awami League at Khulna Circuit House ground at 3 pm today.
To welcome the Prime Minister, numerous arches have been constructed on the main main road including the entrance to Khulna in Rupsa Par. Banners and festoons are adorning all the big and small roads.
Leaders and activists of Awami League and allied organizations are continuing to work extensively to make the Prime Minister’s public meeting a success. Government party leaders and activists are more excited than in the past about the arrival of the Prime Minister before the parliamentary elections.
Already, the work of making the padma bridge and boat-style meeting place has been completed in the circuit house grounds. The Prime Minister will address the departmental public meeting organized by Awami League here. He will inaugurate 22 development projects in Khulna and lay the foundation stones of two projects. You can also announce new commitments.
Meanwhile, the leaders and activists of Awami League and its affiliated organizations are excited about the arrival of the Prime Minister. They are preparing for more than 1 million people in the departmental public meeting. For this reason, last-minute campaigning is going on at the district-upzilla and union level. Several central leaders are staying in Khulna. They are monitoring the venue, stage and attendance of departmental public meetings.
Faizul Islam Tito, a young Awami League leader and stage committee member, said that all preparations including the stage have been completed to welcome the Prime Minister. Now it’s just a matter of waiting.
Sofikur Rahman Palash, president of Mahanagar Jubo League, who is hoping to be nominated for Khulna-4 constituency, told Banglanews that the Prime Minister has made more progress in Khulna than expected. Awami League leaders and workers and common people are ready to welcome the changed Khulna craftsman Bangabandukanya. Around the arrival of the Prime Minister, there is a festive atmosphere throughout Khulna.
He said, we have come to know that many people will personally cook and bring food as they will be in the field from morning in the public meeting. Jubo League leaders have many responsibilities. Take care that those who come to the public meeting do not face any problem. The Jubo League has been instructed that the leaders and activists will come to the public meeting in coordination with the Awami League in various wards. Cap, festoon, band party everything will be with them.
Khulna Metropolitan Awami League President and City Mayor Talukdar Abdul Khalek told BanglaNews that all preparations for the Prime Minister’s historic public meeting in Khulna have been completed. People of Khulna are waiting to welcome the Prime Minister.
Law enforcement personnel are on high alert throughout the metropolis, including public meeting places, and several layers of security have been created.
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Commissioner Mozammel Haque said that law enforcement forces are on high alert on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s arrival in Khulna. Several layers of security have been created. The police will be on duty in uniform and in plain clothes at public gatherings. CCTV cameras have been installed in and around the circuit house grounds.
Bangladesh Time: 1038 hours, November 12, 2023
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