Dhaka, 04 Jan – Two lawyers filed a writ petition seeking High Court order for making mandatory the observance of eight National Days, including Independence Day and Martyrs Intellectuals Day, for all political parties and citizens.
The petition also sought directives of the apex court for cancellation of the registration of political parties which will not observe the National Days. Two lawyers are M Mozammel Haque and Md Shahidul Islam. They lodged the writ on Thursday and also sought the directives of the court postponing the next general election until the writ petition is disposed of.The High Court bench of justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque and justice Mohammad Ullah heard the writ petition around 1 pm and after partial hearing, the court set Monday (December 8) for further hearing.
In the writ petition, M Mozammel Haque said he had sought a High Court directive to make mandatory the observance of eight National Days, including March 26- the Independence Day, December 14- Martyrs Intellectuals Day, January 10 as Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day, August 15- National Mourning Day, November 3 as Jail Killing Day for all political parties and citizens of the country. Besides, the petitioners sought accepting 'Joy Bangla' as a national slogan for all political parties and citizens.
Some 19 political parties, including Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party and their alliances and six government high-ups, including the cabinet secretary, law secretary and election commission, were made defendants in the writ petition. – Special Correspondent
