B’desh oppn enforces another blockade
2 Dec 2013 4:52 AM IST
Bangladesh’s main opposition BNP and its right wing allies on Saturday began to enforce another 72-hour nationwide blockade demanding postponement of upcoming general elections, a day after ending a deadly protest campaign.
‘The countrywide 72-hour road, rail and waterways blockade will start from 6:00 am on Sunday and last until Monday 6am,’ BNP joint secretary general and spokesman Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told media men at the party office on Friday night. The fresh blockade was called demanding cancellation of the election schedule setting 5 January 2014 for voting and to mount pressure on the Awami League government to release their detained leaders and activists. But in a predawn raid police arrested Mr. Rizvi raiding the BNP central office, while opposition activists launched the second spell of blockade exploding crude bombs and staging brief street marches in the capital.
Witnesses said plainclothesmen backed by police in riot gear arrested Mr. Rizvi entering into the BNP office breaking open the main gate as the incident indicated a tough government stance against the opposition escalating tensions.
‘The countrywide 72-hour road, rail and waterways blockade will start from 6:00 am on Sunday and last until Monday 6am,’ BNP joint secretary general and spokesman Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told media men at the party office on Friday night. The fresh blockade was called demanding cancellation of the election schedule setting 5 January 2014 for voting and to mount pressure on the Awami League government to release their detained leaders and activists. But in a predawn raid police arrested Mr. Rizvi raiding the BNP central office, while opposition activists launched the second spell of blockade exploding crude bombs and staging brief street marches in the capital.
Witnesses said plainclothesmen backed by police in riot gear arrested Mr. Rizvi entering into the BNP office breaking open the main gate as the incident indicated a tough government stance against the opposition escalating tensions.
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