Jatiya Party (JaPa) has temporarily postponed its rally and protest procession scheduled for Saturday.

The announcement came on Friday night via a press release from the party.
According to the statement, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) invoked Section 29 of the Metropolitan Police Ordinance to prohibit any gathering, rally, procession, or demonstration around Pioneer Road, Kakrail, and adjacent areas.

In adherence to the law, Jatiya Party decided to temporarily halt the rally and protest procession. The party will announce its next steps in due course.

Previously, Jatiya Party had planned the rally and procession for Saturday at 2 PM in Kakrail, intending to protest rising commodity prices and to demand the withdrawal of alleged false cases against its leaders, including the chairman and secretary-general.
On the same day, an anti-fascist student group had announced a counter-resistance program in front of the Jatiya Party headquarters. In light of the potential for unrest, the DMP imposed restrictions on gatherings in the Kakrail area.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has banned all forms of public gathering in and around the central office of Jatiya Party (JaPa) at Kakrail in the capital on Saturday.

The DMP said meetings and rallies will not be allowed at Kakrail and adjoining areas in the capital.

It was stated in a public notice signed by DMP Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan on Friday (November 1) evening.

The public notice stated that in order to maintain public discipline to check the situation arisen out recently, the DMP has banned all kinds of meetings, rallies, processions, demonstrations etc near Building No. 66 at Pioneer Road, Pioneer Road, Kakrail and adjoining areas on Saturday (November 2) under the authority of Section 29 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance (Ordinance No. 76).

The DMP issued the public notice a day after demonstrations and counter-demonstrations were called at the Jatiya Party and Chhatra Odhikar Parishad at Kakrail on Thursday evening.