AL will resist BNP's hartal: Mayor Taposh
The Awami League leaders and activists will increase resistance in every single ward of the city to tackle tomorrow's hartal called by the BNP, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today.
"The BNP called a hartal tomorrow. This hartal will not be allowed. Every neighbourhood should be prepared to resist," said the mayor while speaking at the "Peace and Development" rally which kicked off this morning at the southern gate of Baitul Mukarram Mosque on Saturday (28 October).
Also present at the rally, Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak said, "Awami League workers are ready [to resist the hartal]."
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"At the end of today's rally, on our way home, we will be chanting the slogan 'We don't accept the hartal, we won't accept it whatsoever'."
Stating that the BNP-Jamaat can never be trusted on their word, he said, "They [BNP] claimed they would overthrow Sheikh Hasina from power at the 28 October rally. They could not.
"They said they would hold a peaceful rally today, but they launched various attacks."
Addressing BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, he said, "You said you will have a peaceful mass gathering. But [your men] injured 42 policemen, and attacked Rajarbagh."
