Bishakhi fair in Merul Badda, Dhaka; The police say that there is a dispute between the two parties

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There has been a complaint of obstructing the organization of Boishakhi Mela at the Rajuk Rehabilitation Project DIT Project Ground in the capital’s Merul Badda. However, the police say that the organization of the fair has been stopped due to the confrontation between the two local parties.

According to a local source, some local leaders and activists of BNP organized this fair. However, another party of BNP along with Jatiya Nagrik Party (NCP) and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and workers prevented the organization of the fair. Preparations for organizing the fair were going on there for a week. In the face of obstacles, the organizers opened the shops on Sunday.

A person named Saikat Ali has been accused of obstructing the organization of the fair. He told Prothom Alo that they have prevented me from organizing fairs in residential areas without permission.

Munshi Atiqur Rahman Parvez, the organizer of the fair, told Prothom Alo that the South Baridhara Society has given permission to organize the Boishakhi fair. An application has also been made to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), the owner of the ground, for permission. He alleged that Jubo Dal leader Saikat Ali and Bangabandhu Sainik League’s Badda police station branch president Ashraf Uddin Babar along with NCP and Jamaat leaders and activists prevented the organization of the fair.

In this regard, Deputy Commissioner of Gulshan Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) M Tanveer Ahmed told Prothom Alo that there is no obstacle in organizing the fair if the appropriate authorities permit the fair. However, there are two sides regarding the organization of the fair. One side wants to organize, the other side is trying to prevent it.