Staff reporter : Bishwa Ijtema will be held in two phases on the banks of Turag next year. The first phase of the Ijtema will be held from January 31 to February 2, and the second phase will be held from February 7, 8 and 9.

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Home Adviser Lt. Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam announced the schedule on Monday after a meeting with two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Followers of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi attended the meeting while representatives of Maulana Zubair Hasan were absent.

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The meeting discussed several issues including the ground preparedness, law and order, handover of the ground, providing visa to guests, overall safety of VVIPs, VIPs, traffic control, and setting up control rooms, water supply and sewerage system.

The Tablighi Jamaat's Bishwa Ijtema has been held since 1967 in a huge field on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi. Since 2011, the Bishwa Ijtema has been held in two phases.

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A rift arose between the organizers of the Bishwa Ijtema in 2018 over some statements made by a section of Tablighi elders and Maulana Saad from India. Since then, the two sides have been participating in the Ijtema in two phases.

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