The All-Party Joint Committee has announced a new program by slightly reducing the scope and time of the previously announced three-day strike demanding the restoration of four parliamentary seats in Bagerhat. The announcement was made at a briefing in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Sunday afternoon by the co-convener of the All-Party Joint Committee and former president of the district BNP, M.A. Salam. BNP central committee member Wahiduzzaman Dipu, district BNP member secretary Muzaffar Rahman Alam, joint convener Khadem Niyamun Nasir Alap, district Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Sheikh Mohammad Yunus, Nayeb-e-Amir Advocate Abdul Wadud, and former president of the district Jubo Dal, Fakir Tariqul Islam.
According to the announcement, the strike will be observed tomorrow from 6 am to 6 pm on Monday and from 6 am to 12 noon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Businesses will remain open during the strike. Rickshaws, easy bikes, and motorcycles will operate to reduce the suffering of the people. However, no passenger buses or cargo trucks will operate on the highway. Small roads for local communication will be exempt from the strike.
The committee said that considering the suffering of the people, it has been decided to block only the highway during the strike. In addition, there is a puja for followers of traditional religions ahead. As a result, businesses will also be exempt from the strike. However, the movement will continue until our demands are met.
Sheikh Md. Yunus, member secretary of the All-Party Joint Committee, said that emergency service vehicles, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, electricity and fire service vehicles, vehicles of examinees, rickshaws, auto-rickshaws, motorcycles, and bicycles will be outside the scope of the strike.
Earlier, on Thursday afternoon, the leaders and activists of the All-Party Joint Committee had announced a strike on Sunday demanding the restoration of four seats in Bagerhat. However, instead of carrying out the siege program today, a sit-in program was held in front of the offices of the District Election Officer and the Deputy Commissioner. Later, the leaders and activists of the All-Party Joint Committee announced a new program.
On July 30, an initial proposal was made to reduce one of the four seats in Bagerhat to three seats in the upcoming 13th National Parliament election. Since then, the people of Bagerhat have started the movement. The people of Bagerhat participated in the hearing of the Election Commission demanding the restoration of four seats. Even then, on September 4, the Election Commission published the final gazette, only changing the boundaries and maintaining three seats. The leaders and activists of the All-Party Joint Committee said that this seat arrangement of the Election Commission has ignored the demands of the people.
According to the final gazette, Bagerhat-1 (Bagerhat Sadar-Chitalmari-Mollahat), Bagerhat-2 (Fakirhat-Rampal-Mongla) and Bagerhat-3 (Kachua-Morelganj-Sharankhola). Elections were being held in 4 constituencies for a long time. The boundaries at that time were – Bagerhat-1 (Chitalmari-Mollahat-Fakirhat), Bagerhat-2 (Bagerhat Sadar-Kachua), Bagerhat-3 (Rampal-Mongla) and Bagerhat-4 (Morelganj-Sharankhola).
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