Dhaka: Jatiya Oikya Prokriya, led by Dr Kamal Hossain, will form a human chain in the city on October 7 to mount pressure on the government to accept its three-point demand, including formation of an election-time neutral government.

The programme is scheduled to begin at 4pm in front of the Jatiya Press Club.

Oikya Prokriya member secretary ABM Mostafa Amin announced the fresh programme at a press conference at its Dhanmondi office as the government did not respond to its three-point demand within the given time that expired on Saturday.

“Oikya Prokriya will continue its efforts to unite people, the country’s owners, with a goal to restore their voting rights. We’ll force the government to meet people’s demands by creating a mass upsurge in a non-violent way...we’ll form a human chain programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club at 4pm on October 7 to achieve the goal,” Amin said.

He said they will also announce their next course of action from the Human Chain programme.

The Oikya Prokriya member secretary called upon all democracy-loving people to make their programme a success with their participation.

Earlier, on Sept 22, Jatiya Oikya Prokriya from a citizens’ rally in the city gave the government until September 30 to meet its three-point demand, including steps for the formation of an election-time neutral government through discussions with political parties.

Their two other demands are taking effective steps for reconstituting the Election Commission and dissolving parliament before the announcement of the election schedule.