The Awami League was not contented with enforcing 3 days of hartal, rather it called three more days of hartal on Feb 03, 05, 06. I fail to understand what it will achieve by calling a series of hartals paralyzing the economy of the country. Due to this hartal the prices of rice and essential items have already gone up. How will the poor people survive? The hartal caller never thinks of people's sufferings and the country's economy. Meanwhile, the apex trade body of the country, FBCCI, has urged the opposition leader not to call hartal, but she would not listen to them. Hartal 'the curse' is destroying the garment sector. Due to the hartal all types of works in the port remain off.

Fabric and accessories cannot be cleared from the port during hartal and late release of goods hamper timely delivery. Furthermore, the readymade garments unnecessarily remain lying in the factory and cannot reach the port for shipment due to hartal. Timely delivery is a vital factor to doing business. If the delivery is not made on time, the buyer also loses his business and thus the relationship between the seller and the buyer is strained. The problem is that airlifting of such commodities is not a realistic or affordable proposition.

We want to see a hartal-free Bangladesh. We want the country to prosper without being inhibited by the forces that cause disruption of trade and commerce.

The AL chief had promised that her party would never call hartal even if it was in the opposition. But she has not lived up to her promise, which is indeed a sad thing for the country and its people. We want our leaders to be as good as their words.