Torchlight processions and protest rallies were held in several areas of Chattogram—Banshkhali, Laldighi, and Bahaddarhat—in response to what was termed “offensive” remarks by NCP leader Nasir Uddin Patwari against BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed. Organized under the leadership of local chairman Layekat Ali and led by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of BNP, the rally started from Banshkhali and ended at the Upazila Parishad grounds. Leaders and activists from the youth, farmer, volunteer, and student wings of the BNP participated in the event.