UNB, Dhaka :
Gano Sanghati Andolon, a left leaning social organisation, on Tuesday threatened to go for tough action programme including hartal if the government does not refrain from raising electricity tariff.
“We’ll be forced to launch a tough movement including calling hartal if the government does not ditch its plan to raise power tariff,”, said Junayed Saki, convenor of Gano Sanghati, while speaking at the sit-in programme in front of Bangladesh Energy
Regulatory Commission (BERC) at Karwan Bazar in the city.
Gana Sanghati Andolon organised the sit-in from 11 am to 2 pm during the BERC’s public hearing on power tariff hike proposals.
Leaders of different left-leaning political parties including Saiful Haque, Ruhin Hossain Prince and Abdus Salam spoke at the sit-in programme, which was organized to protest against the government move to raise the power tariff at retail level.
They alleged that the government has initiated the move to raise the power tariff only for the benefit of the owners of rental and quick rental power plants.
The leaders said that if the power tariff is raised, the poorer section of the society and the farmers will be its worst victim. “People will never accept any decision to raise power tariff.”
Gano Sanghati Andolon, a left leaning social organisation, on Tuesday threatened to go for tough action programme including hartal if the government does not refrain from raising electricity tariff.
“We’ll be forced to launch a tough movement including calling hartal if the government does not ditch its plan to raise power tariff,”, said Junayed Saki, convenor of Gano Sanghati, while speaking at the sit-in programme in front of Bangladesh Energy
Regulatory Commission (BERC) at Karwan Bazar in the city.
Gana Sanghati Andolon organised the sit-in from 11 am to 2 pm during the BERC’s public hearing on power tariff hike proposals.
Leaders of different left-leaning political parties including Saiful Haque, Ruhin Hossain Prince and Abdus Salam spoke at the sit-in programme, which was organized to protest against the government move to raise the power tariff at retail level.
They alleged that the government has initiated the move to raise the power tariff only for the benefit of the owners of rental and quick rental power plants.
The leaders said that if the power tariff is raised, the poorer section of the society and the farmers will be its worst victim. “People will never accept any decision to raise power tariff.”
