Businessmen threatened to besiege the offices of two top leaders of the country with garment workers if no steps are taken to resolve the prevailing political deadlock.
The threat was made from a human chain programme at BGMEA premises in Kawran Bazar on Saturday. They called for a political consensus.
“If political leaders do not take any steps in three to four days, we will protest along with our 4m workers,” BGMEA President M Atiqul Islam said.
“We will besiege the offices of Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia with our workers if a consensus is not reached and violence is not stopped,” former BGMEA President Anwarul Alam Chowdhury Pervez said.
Among others present in the programme were business leaders from apex trade body FBCCI, BKMEA and BTMA.
Saturday marked the beginning of a fresh spell of 72-hour blockade of the BNP-led 18-party alliance demanding polls under non-partisan government.
Most of the days in the month of November were wasted in agitation programmes in the likes of hartals and blockades.
Businessmen said the prevailing situation was shattering trade and business.