Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of nine left-leaning political parties, on Friday announced to enforce a countrywide half-day general strike on March 28 protesting at price hike of the essential commodities and government moves to hike prices of water, electricity and gas.
The hartal will be observed between 6:00am and 12:00 noon on the day, announced LDA coordinator and Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh secretary Saiful Huq in a press conference at the conference room of Mukti Bhaban, the office of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, at Purana Paltan in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
Saiful urged the country’s people to take part in the hartal and stand against the misrule of the government.
He alleged that syndicates linked to the government and the government’s failure were responsible for the price hike of daily essential commodities.
The combine will exchange views with the leaders of other left parties and professional bodies before the hartal.
LDA former coordinator and Socialist Party of Bangladesh secretary Bazlur Rashid Firoz, CPB general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince, Ganosamhati Andolan chief coordinator Zonayed Saki, and Democratic Revolutionary Party general secretary Mushrefa Mishu, among others, were present.
