Tangail BCL enforces hartal in town, vandalises vehicles

A faction of Tangail district unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League observed a daylong hartal in the town yesterday, demanding cancellation of the new district committee.

They vandalised several vehicles and shops in the town in the morning from a procession in support of the shutdown, said locals.

On Wednesday afternoon, Bodiuzzaman Sohag and Siddique Nazmul Alam, president and general secretary of the central unit of BCL, approved the new Tangail district committee.

Previous committee's general secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Rajib and its publicity secretary Shamim Al Mamun were made president and general secretary of the new committee.

Being informed, a section of leaders and activists of the party brought out a procession in the town and held a rally in front of the district Awami League (AL) office on Main Road in the area.

Terming the new committee illegal, previous committee's vice president Mustafizur Rahman Sohel, its joint secretaries Mirza Rana and Shofiul Alam Muku called the hartal.

Senior and dedicated leaders were dropped from the committee while district AL leaders disclosed nothing about the matter, they said.

They also threatened to go for tougher programme if the committee is not cancelled immediately.