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Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of the recent electricity tariff hike, warning that the government would otherwise have to face public backlash.

He made the remarks as the chief guest at a protest rally held at the north gate of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka. The rally was organised in protest against repeated increases in fuel and electricity prices. A procession was brought out after the rally.

Porwar said the BNP-led government had disappointed people by failing to fulfil various promises made before assuming office. He alleged that the government had failed to curb the deterioration of law and order, corruption, and extortion.

Criticising the latest increase in electricity tariffs, he

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