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AL plans tougher programmes

Hartal, siege, sit-ins on cards

Staff Correspondent
The main oppositionAwami League (AL) and its left-leaning ally Jatlya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Inu) are planning a massive showdown in the capital from tomorrow, the first day of their three-day 'no-confidence' demonstration against the BNP-led coalition government.
The AL will announce its next 'tough' programmes including hartal, siege and road blockade on April 24 and the party policymakers will discuss the issue of resignation from parliament on April 25 or 26 in an attempt to unseat the government by the April 30 deadline, party sourcessaid.
The nature of the 'no-trust' programme has been kept a secret to avert government highhandedness, but the AL policymakers hinted the programme would come in the shape of a sit-in on the strategically important city streets and in front of government offices including the Secretariat.
The AL has directed its activists across the country to pour into Dhaka in their thousands to enforce the programme. It has plans to mobilise workers especially from the outskirts of the capital ahead of tiie three-day programmes.
The AL has been holding public
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rallies in the adjacent districts from April 18, including in Manikganj on April 18 and Narsingdi on April 22. The next public meeting will be held in Savar tomorrow and Munshiganj on April-25.
AL President and Leader of the Opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina attended the public meetings and is scheduled to be present in the next two public meetings.
"Our programmes will be peoplebased and we want to ensure people's participation in any movement since we don't believe in conspiracy,'' Saber Hossain Chowdhury, an organising secretary of the AL, said yesterday.
AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday held a meeting with leaders of the party's front organisations and directed them to mobilise activists.
JSD (Inu) however is yet to divulge what its programmes will be like and its President Hasanul Haque Inu said the party's executive committee will sit today to set the nature of the 'no-confidence' programme.
"We will discuss with the AL tomorrow (Friday) to coordinate the no-confidence programmes and the next tough programmes which will be declared at a later date," he said.
He hinted that the nature of their programme may well be sit-ins on the main city streets and in front of government offices with an appeal
to government officials to get out of office and join the 'no-confidence' programme.
"We have asked the AL to resign from parliament and gear up the oust-government movement," he added.
'HAWA BHABAN
SIEGE A SUCCESS'
The AL meanwhile believes that Wednesday's planned siege of Hawa Bhaban, allegedly the alternative powerhouse of the government, was successful as the government itself had the Bhaban besieged by the law-enforcers.
"The government has itself proved through the heavy security measures that Hawa Bhaban runs a parallel government which is very much unconstitutional," Saber, also political secretary to Hasina, said.
Referring to the cricket match that the Hawa Bhaban men, including the two sons of the prime minister, played on that day, Saber said, "It was very insensitive that the prime minister's two sons played cricket under heavy police protection, making people in the area suffer a lot."
The main opposition will stage demonstrations across the country and take out a foot march in the eight constituencies of the city. On April 25, the AL will march to the Jatiya Sangsad demanding withdrawal of the proposed amendment bill to the constitution.