Two major opposition parties — the BNP and the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami — called a countrywide 36-hours hartal from Sunday 6:00am to Monday 6:00pm protesting the government move to abolish the provision of caretaker government.
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Jamaat acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam announced the hartal programme from press conferences at their party offices at Naya Paltan and Moghbazar in the capital Friday morning.
The BNP is also protesting the 51 recommendations of the parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment that was placed in the House on Wednesday, amendment to the constitution bypassing the opposition, price hike of essential commodities, deterioration of law and order, government’s failure to control stock market and crises of power, gas and water.
Earlier, BNP observed five hartal programmes on June 27, November 14 and 30 last year, and February 7 and June 5 this year to realise it’s various demands.
On the other hand, the Jamaat-e-Islami called the programme protesting several issues including insertion of secularism and socialism as principles of state policy and release of their top leaders.
Source : The Daily Star
