AL hartal tomorrow

The hartal has been called to protest the proposed budget for the fiscal 2003-04.

The decision to enforce the hartal was taken at a meeting of the AL presidium members on June 15.

Earlier, the party enforced an eight-hour countrywide hartal on June 12 while its student wing, Chhatra League, sponsored another six-hour shutdown on June 19.

In a statement yesterday, General Secretary of the AL Abdul Jalil said the budget was 'anti-people and undemocratic'. He also criticised the government for deterioration in law and order.

A press release of the AL said all thana units of the city AL held rallies urging people to observe tomorrow's hartal to protest the misdeeds of the BNP-Jamaat coalition government.

Mohammad Hanif and Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, president and general secretary of the city AL, also urged people to observe the hartal.