Our Correspondent :
Road communication from different districts to Rajshahi suspended after BNP announced their divisional rally in the district on Monday.
Rajshahi District Bus Owners Joint Secretary Shafkat Manjur told the media on Monday, “The transport workers have been feeling insecure due to the political programme. That’s why they stopped bus communication.”
“Bus movement was normal in the morning yesterday. But later the number of buses has reduced slowly. So, we have stopped the movement of buses,” he said.
When asked about the rally, BNP’s District Publicity Secretary Nazmul Islam told the media, “We have sought permission to hold the divisional rally at Shaheb Bazar, Gonokpara and Sonadighi intersections in Rajshahi city around 3:00pm on Tuesday. But we are yet to get permission.”
BNP held a press conference around 1:00pm on Monday at the party office in Monupara.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser and Rajshahi’s former mayor Mizanur Rahman announced to hold the rally in the city on Tuesday.
Earlier in the morning, our Chapainawabganj correspondent reported that bus communication between Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts remained suspended.
Bus owners’ association and police officials did not say anything about this clearly.
Commuters have been bearing the brunt due to the suspension of bus movement, our correspondent reported.
Buses bound for Dhaka from the district also remains suspended, they said.
When asked, Chapainawabganj District Bus Owners’ Association President AK Emon Lutfar Rahman Firoz said that he did not know any detail about the suspension of bus movement.
The district’s Superintendent of Police Abdur Rakib said, “The workers stopped the vehicular movement due to their upcoming election.”
