Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today (July 23) urged the leaders and workers of her party, its associate bodies, and the affluent section of the society to extend their hands to the country's lower-income, poor, and working-class people.

In a statement, she said the life and livelihood of the common people of the entire country have been paralyzed due to the enforcement of the "complete shutdown" programme and recent incidents centering the quota movement.

Besides, BNP-Jamaat-Shibir in an organised way set on fire and vandalized metro-rail, expressway, BTV Bhaban, Setu Bhaban, disaster management building, different government and private buildings and houses, she added.

They destroyed numerous government-owned and private vehicles, including buses and trucks, by setting fire on these, the premier continued.

Sheikh Hasina said that under the circumstances, on July 20, 2024, the government imposed a curfew temporarily for ensuring security of the lives and properties of the people and returning the life and living to normalcy.

As a result, normal income-generating activities of lower income and working people, particularly daily wage earners like rickshaw and van pullers, hawkers, vendors, day laborer and transport workers, have been hampered, resulting in putting them in untold sufferings, she added.

The Awami League President urged the leaders and workers of her party and its associate bodies from the center to grassroots to stand by the affected people during this crisis period as like as they did so during the Covid-19 pandemic.

BDST: 2159 HRS, JULY 23, 2024
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