Protest Against Political Unrest
Business leaders to join human chain today
In a rare move, top business leaders will join today a human chain in front of Karwan Bazar office of the BGMEA at 11:00am, calling the country’s politicians to end the conflicting politics to save the economy. ‘We’ll give a strong signal to our politicians that you (politicians) do politics but you cannot do it (politics) destroying us,’ M Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told the news agency on Friday.
Atiqul Islam, who will lead the human chain, said leaders from Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Bangladesh Textiles Mills Association, representatives from other associations and members from the civil society will attend the human chain.
He said the businessmen would wear funeral cloths inscribed with the theme ‘protect the industry to save country and economy’ in the human chain.
‘We’ll urge the politicians to create an environment to protect the readymade garment industry.’ ‘We don’t want to die. We want to live.’
‘We’ll call upon the politicians that the business community wants to see a peaceful and healthy politics,’ he said.
-With New Age input
