The BNP-led opposition alliance called for a fourth spell of 72-hour blockade programme beginning from Tuesday, 6am.
BNP standing committee member, Nazrul Islam Khan made the announcement at a press briefing held at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office at 6:15pm on Monday.
The blockade programme was called to fulfill the peoples’ demands and cancel the January 5 national polls schedule, said the BNP leader.
He deemed the January 5 elections without candidates as farcical.
“The government is oppressing the opposition leaders, activists,” Khan alleged.
The government has pushed the country into a civil war situation over how the polls should be held, he added in the briefing.
The opposition combined earlier enforced 346 hours of road-rail-waterway blockade across the country in three spells -– 71-hour, 131-hour and 144-hour ones — after the announcement of the election schedule for the 10th parliamentary elections that left over 50 people killed.
On November 25, the Chief Election Commissioner announced that the 10th parliamentary elections would be held on January 5 next.