We want the opposition in parliament
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We think BNP should not become enthusiastic just because people supported a few of its strikes, the eviction of Begum Khaleda Zia from her house made people so outraged and Awami League-led government's decision of scrapping caretaker government system made them so angry that they did not oppose the hartal. It does not mean that people like hartal, they have had enough when Awami League was in the opposition, from 12 hours to 72 hours non-stop hartals; we shudder to think about that period. So much public property was damaged, newly built railway station and the Biman office in Chittagong was vandalised and set on fire by the activists of Awami League. Office goers were stripped off their clothes if they dared to go to the office during hartal hours. We know that BNP will not go to that extent, still we urge them to avoid hartal because it would have a negative effect on the economy and people will suffer. By attending parliament and other peaceful programmes, they should try to achieve their goal. We think it would be fruitful because people already have become very dissatisfied with the government for its inefficiency in tackling many important issues.
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