Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman is now in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah and meet with leaders of the party’s Saudi Arabia unit.
Tarique along with his family members arrived in Jeddah from London on Monday morning, BNP Saudi unit leaders said.
His wife Jubaida Rahman and daughter Jaima Rahman, among others, are accompanying Tarique. From Jeddah he flew to Medina.
Tarique along with his wife and daughter arrived in Medina at around 10:30am on Monday, Juba Dal Medina unit general secretary Zaman Ahmed Sumon told New Age over telephone.
Tarique’s former close aids, including Mia Nuruddin Ahmed Apu, Rumon Rahman, and Belayet Hossain, have gone to Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh and other countries to join him, BNP Saudi unit leaders said.
Tarique is scheduled to stay three days in Medina, when he will offer prayers at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi and perform ziarat of the holy Rawja Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM).
Tarique offered Johr and Asr prayers at Al-Masjid an-Nabawi on Monday.
On April 3, he will go to Makkah to perform Umrah at the Kaaba Sharif, JD leader Sumon said.
He will stay three to four days in Makkah.
During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Tarique will hold meetings with leaders and activists of different BNP units in the kingdom, party sources said.
This is his first visit outside the United Kingdom since he left Bangladesh for London in September 2008 during the army-backed caretaker government just after being released on parole from jail for medical treatment.
BNP Saudi Arabia (West) unit president Ahmed Mukith, among others, received Tarique at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, party sources said. (Source)
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