Princh Mondal Olif, Chitalmary, Bagerhat: Sept 8  Monday 2025.

A dawn-to-dusk hartal was observed in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat on Monday as activists of the All-Party Alliance blocked the Dhaka–Chitalmari highway, demanding reinstatement of the district’s four parliamentary constituencies.

The protesters warned that if their demand was not met, they would announce tougher programs in the coming days. During the hartal, all road communications in the upazila were suspended while shops and markets remained closed. Activists staged demonstrations and chanted slogans throughout the day.

The previous day, announcements were made through loudspeakers, and a protest procession was brought out in support of the hartal and blockade program.

While addressing the blockade program, speakers included:

• Chief Engineer Masud Rana, BNP leader and candidate for Bagerhat-1 constituency

• Mominul Haque Tulu Biswas, president of Chitalmari Upazila BNP and convener of the All-Party Alliance Committee

• Maulana Md. Moniruzzaman, ameer of Chitalmari Upazila Jamaat-e-Islami

• Ahsan Habib Thandu, former member-secretary of Upazila BNP and joint convener of the Alliance Committee

• Md. Shariful Hasan Apu, newly elected general secretary of Chitalmari Upazila BNP

• Advocate Md. Fazlul Hoque Sheikh, organizing secretary of the upazila BNP

• Zakaria Milon, convener of the Upazila Jubo Dal, and Sheikh Asad, member-secretary

• Md. Niyamat Ali Khan, convener of the Upazila Swechchhasebak Dal, and Kashinath Boiragi, member-secretary

• Dr. Kazi Abul Kalam, president of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Chitalmari upazila unit

Speakers reiterated: “We strongly demand that Bagerhat’s four parliamentary constituencies be reinstated. If the demand is ignored, we will be compelled to wage even stronger movements.”