Now transport owners call for strike ahead of Rangpur BNP rally
27 October 2022, 07:59 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 07:26 am
The Motor Owners' Association of Rangpur has called a two-day transport strike from Friday 6am to Saturday 6pm demanding ban on illegal vehicles, including three-wheelers, on the highway ahead of the BNP's divisional rally there.
The announcement was made through a press release issued by the association on Thursday.
The motor owners' association added that in defiance of the High Court's order to stop illegal vehicles without license including three-wheelers and administrative harassment in Kurigram, movement of buses, trucks, minibuses, and microbuses will be stopped on all routes of Rangpur from Friday 6am to Saturday 6pm.
BNP, on the other hand, had called a divisional rally in Rangpur on October 29.
Mozammel Haque, president of Rangpur District Motor Owners' Association, on Thursday said, bus, minibus, microbus and truck services will also be suspended on all routes of Rangpur district for these two days.
He said, Truck owners' Association, Car-Microbus Owners' Association jointly agreed to go on strike if the demand is not met."
