Staff Reporter:
A faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad, led by Nurul Haque Nur, on Thursday announced a 48-hour hartal beginning from Sunday morning demanding the cancellation of the schedule for the 12th parliamentary polls.
The party President Nurul Haque came up with the announcement after staging a demonstration in the capital’s Bijoynagar area in protest against the polls schedule.
He said the shutdown will begin at 6am on Sunday and end at 6am Tuesday.
“Protests have started across the country against the announcement of the illegal election schedule. This regime will no way be allowed to hold another stage-managed election,” Nur said.
He called upon the people of all walks of life to observe the 48-hour hartal to protect the existence of the country and their voting rights.
On Wednesday, Bangladesh Labour Party called for nationwide hartal on Sunday and Monday (November 19-20) protesting the schedule announced by the Election Commission (EC) for the upcoming 12th national parliamentary polls.
Meanwhile, Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) enforced a half-day hartal from 6am to 2pm and Ganatantra Mancha enforced dawn-to-dusk hartal from 6am to 6pm on Thursday protesting the polls schedule.
On Wednesday evening, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal announced that the 12th parliamentary election of the country will be held on January 7.
The CEC came up with the announcement for the next election schedule while addressing the nation.
