Power price hike protested widely
Various organisations called for protest programmes against the latest round of fuel and electricity price hike that became effective from Friday.
The BNP will call for a non-cooperation movement if fuel prices are hiked yet again, said senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed.
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has called for a countrywide protest on January 11 as it stressed that people will not suffer the brunt of government's wrong policies.
Prof Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the committee, said people should not bear the government's claim of compensation for fuel as a huge portion of this compensation would go to quick rental plants.
The government has to pay Tk 28 crore for only 1,000 megawatts of electricity while they could get 1,500MW by spending much less through repairing the existing power plants, he said.
On January 9, the Communist Party of Bangladesh will hold a rally in front of the district administration offices across the country and wave black flags before the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission in Dhaka.
An 11-party alliance will stage a rally on January 9 before the National Museum to protest the hike, while Bangladesh Khudra Matshajibi Zelay Shamity and Bangladesh Tariqat Federation have already protested it.
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