BNP calls fresh 48-hour blockade from Sunday

Staff Reporter :
The main opposition party-BNP- has declared a fresh 48-hour nationwide blockade for Sunday and Monday.

BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the seventh round of blockade at a virtual press briefing on Thursday.

He said the blockade of roads, rail lines, and waterways will be observed strictly to press home the party’s one-point demand – resignation of the AL regime and pave the way to hold the next elections under a non-partisan neutral government.

The blockade will be enforced from 6am Sunday to 6am on Tuesday, the BNP leader said.

The fresh blockade announcement came just hours before the conclusion of a two-day nationwide blockade on Thursday.

The BNP leader said that the blockade was also meant for mounting pressure on the government to quit, hold the next election under a non-party neutral government and release party leaders and activists, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

He said other opposition parties, who had long been carrying out the simultaneous movement with BNP, would also observe similar programmes.

Rizvi thanked the country’s people and the opposition leaders and activists for making their blockade programme a success.

Meanwhile, Rizvi said during the briefing that a total of 410 BNP leaders and activists have been arrested nationwide in the last 24 hours.

He also alleged that over 3,000 BNP men have been detained following the election schedule announcement.
“It is the historical narrative of this nation that no tyrant can endure the resilience of its people.

Despite the arrests, cases, and assaults, the people vow to remain on the streets until this government is ousted,” Rizvi said.