Govt must pay a heavy price if they don't accept people's verdict: Shafiqur Rahman

Opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman has warned that the government will have to pay a heavy price if it does not accept the people's verdict. He issued this warning on Saturday morning at the Mawa end of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj, as part of the 11-party alliance's long march program with seven-point demands.

The opposition leader said that if the government accepts the people's one-point demand, it will be honored. Otherwise, the government will have to pay a heavy price. They have come out of their homes with the goal of realizing the seven-point demands. They will return home only after realising the demands. Later, the long march convoy, with the participation of leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and 11 other parties in Munshiganj, set off toward Khulna via the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, crossing the Padma Bridge. The parties are holding this program with seven-point demands, including implementation of the referendum verdict, trial of the July genocide, control of prices of daily necessities, resolution of the fuel and fertilizer crisis, and an end to corruption and extortion. The long march, which began from the south gate of Baitul Mukarram in the capital and is about 410 kilometers long, is scheduled to end in Kushtia, passing through Khulna, Jashore, and Jhenaidah.