Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- As part of their pre-announced program, eight parties involved in the simultaneous movement will hold a mass rally at Dhaka's Paltan on Tuesday. The parties expect not just thousands but hundreds of thousands of people to gather at the event.

Ahead of the rally, leaders of the eight parties met Monday at the headquarters of Islami Andolan Bangladesh in Paltan. After the meeting, Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad expressed this optimism at a press conference.

He said, "Tomorrow it won't be thousands, but hundreds of thousands who will gather. It will be a sea of people - that's our expectation. People from the capital and surrounding areas will take part. We could have called for rallies ac...