BNP calls strike in 8 Upazilas Thursday to protest rigging
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Local BNP units will enforce strike in eight Upazilas Thursday to protest alleged rigging of votes there during the first phase of the Upazila Parisad election.
BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told this to reporters at the party’s Naya Paltan headquarters.
The eight Upazilas are – Meherpur Sadar, Jhenaidah’s Sadar and Shailkupa, Bogra’s Sonatola, Barisal’s Bakerganj and Gouronodi, Pabna’s Sujanagar and Sirajganj’s Kazipur, according to a news agency.