Misusing hartal

Debabrata Sarkar, Department of English, University of Barisal
Photo: Banglar Chokh Photo: Banglar Chokh People of Bangladesh are now passing a critical time due to hartals and other political programmes. During the course of political programmes like hartal picketers vandalise houses, shops, vehicles, etc. Hartal is a democratic way of protest but that doesn't mean that one can destroy public properties during hartals. If the situation continues, our country will turn into a place of terror. We urge the opposition parties not to misuse their right to call hartals.