Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday warned that the government will enforce law to clear the roads and railways in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district if the ongoing blockade is not withdrawn by this afternoon.
The protesters should present their demands through proper channels instead of holding thousands of people hostage, said the adviser while talking to reporters after a meeting of the law and order committee at the Secretariat.
The protesters continued their blockade for the fifth straight day on Sunday demanding reinstatement of the Faridpur-4 parliamentary constituency boundary.
The demonstrators blocked seven points on two highways and three points on rail tracks, causing severe disruption in transport movement and immense suffering for people in 21 districts in the country’s southwest region.
Protesters stopped the Nakshikatha train at Hamirdi railway crossing on the Rajbari–Faridpur–Dhaka line around 9 am, forcing passengers to disembark.
Faridpur protesters block highways, railways for 5th day over constituency demarcation
The demonstrations follow the Election Commission’s recent gazette which redrew boundaries for 46 parliamentary constituencies ahead of the upcoming national election.
According to the gazette, Algi and Hamirdi unions of Bhanga upazila, previously under Faridpur-4, have been attached to Nagar Kanda upazila under Faridpur-2.