DHAKA NEWS
Dhaka, Mar 25 BNP has withdrawn the proposed Mar 29 general strike following appeals from the Hindu community to avoid the day when they would be celebrating the 'Ashtami Snan' festival, the party's acting secretary-general has announced.
A delegation of Nangalband Punya Snan Updjapon Committee called on the party chief and urged her to withdraw the hartal, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir informed the waiting media after the meeting on Sunday night.
Now the party will hold district-level demonstrations on the day, instead, and a rally and procession will be organised in Dhaka on Mar 31, Alamgir added.
Earlier in the day, several opposition leaders hinted that they may not enforce the dawn-to-dusk hartal.
The general strike was announced from a Mar 12 rally in protest against obstructions to the rally and arrest of opposition leaders and supporters.
A delegation of Nangalband Punya Snan Updjapon Committee called on the party chief and urged her to withdraw the hartal, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir informed the waiting media after the meeting on Sunday night.
Now the party will hold district-level demonstrations on the day, instead, and a rally and procession will be organised in Dhaka on Mar 31, Alamgir added.
Earlier in the day, several opposition leaders hinted that they may not enforce the dawn-to-dusk hartal.
The general strike was announced from a Mar 12 rally in protest against obstructions to the rally and arrest of opposition leaders and supporters.
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