Khaleda served with legal notice to withdraw hartal
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Leader of the Opposition and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been sent a legal notice asking her to withdraw the June 27 hartal, reports bdnews24.com.
The notice, served by three persons Wednesday, warned her that if the hartal was not withdrawn, a petition would be filed with the High Court (HC).
The BNP chairperson called the dawn-to-dusk hartal from the Paltan meeting on May 19.
General Secretary of Journalists’ Society for Human Rights and Welfare Azizul Haque Patwari, Vice President of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Jote MM Islam and Mahbub Alam Chowdhury of Shahrasti in Chandpur sent the notice.
The other persons who were served the notice are BNP secretary general Khandakar Delwar Hossain, the home and law secretaries, and the inspector general of police (IGP).
The three, claiming themselves as patriotic citizens, said in the notice that people and businessmen would be affected by the hartal.
A lot of people lost their lives and many shops and commercial institutions were damaged in violence during hartals in the past, the notice said.
The hartal would cause losses worth several millions of taka that would jeopardise the economy and investment would be affected as well, it said.
The persons also alleged that no political parties work for the poor and the political leaders did not comply with the constitution.
Supreme Court lawyer ABM Kamal Uddin Miah signed the legal notice.
The notice, served by three persons Wednesday, warned her that if the hartal was not withdrawn, a petition would be filed with the High Court (HC).
The BNP chairperson called the dawn-to-dusk hartal from the Paltan meeting on May 19.
General Secretary of Journalists’ Society for Human Rights and Welfare Azizul Haque Patwari, Vice President of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Jote MM Islam and Mahbub Alam Chowdhury of Shahrasti in Chandpur sent the notice.
The other persons who were served the notice are BNP secretary general Khandakar Delwar Hossain, the home and law secretaries, and the inspector general of police (IGP).
The three, claiming themselves as patriotic citizens, said in the notice that people and businessmen would be affected by the hartal.
A lot of people lost their lives and many shops and commercial institutions were damaged in violence during hartals in the past, the notice said.
The hartal would cause losses worth several millions of taka that would jeopardise the economy and investment would be affected as well, it said.
The persons also alleged that no political parties work for the poor and the political leaders did not comply with the constitution.
Supreme Court lawyer ABM Kamal Uddin Miah signed the legal notice.