ATM Masoom said, “I condemn the illegal arrest by the government.”
The strike was announced in protest against the resignation of the government, holding of elections under a neutral caretaker government, the attack by the Awami League and the police on the grand rally of the BNP and the arrest of party leaders including Amir Shafiqur Rahman and those arrested while coming to Dhaka to attend. The demand was made for. Jamaat’s statement said, today’s rally.