Amidst the ongoing bus strike in Rajshahi, the CNG-run autorickshaw and three-wheeler workers also called a strike on Friday.
The strike was called by district “Mishuk-CNG Owners' Association”, reports Bangla Tribune.
Ahsan Habib, vice-president of the association said that they have driving permits, but still bus owners claim that their vehicles are illegal.
Owners of buses prevent our vehicles from plying the highway,” he added.
He also said: “We have decided that autorickshaws, human haulers , and three-wheelers would not operate on any roads, including highways, for an indefinite period, until our two-point demand is met.”
Previously, Rajshahi Divisional Transport Owners' Association enforced the strike on Thursday morning, following a decision taken from a joint meeting at the office of Rajshahi Road Transport Group on Wednesday.
On November 26, the Divisional Transport Owners and Workers Solidarity Council gave an ultimatum to the authorities concerned to meet their 10-point demand by November 30.
They called the strike for various demands including scrapping the Road Transport Act, 2018 and banning the movement of illegal three-wheelers and battery-run autorickshaws on highways by November 30.
BNP is set to hold its Rajshahi divisional rally on December 3.
On September 27, the party announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional and major cities. The party began the rallies by holding the first one in Chittagong on October 12.
Transport owners and workers called strikes ahead of all the rallies in various cities, except in Chittagong and Comilla.
BNP will end its divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10.