We will crush them with an iron hand: Muhith

SYLHET: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, MP, told a gathering Monday, that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is destroying the peace and disrupting development.
"People will reject them in their own interest, therefore there is no need to enact any law to ban hartals," he said, according to a news agency.
Muhith said that the BNP had proved to be a failure at organizing any sort of movement, so they have resorted to hartals to increase people's sufferings. "We will crush them with an iron hand, "he said.
The finance minister was speaking as chief guest at a function at the local BRDTI auditorium. Presided over by the chairman of Sylhet Sadar upazila chairman, Ashfaq Ahmed, the function was organized to provide certificates and material assistance to trainees who had completed their course in the fields of tailoring, garments, electricals, refrigeration and air-conditioning.