Hartal Day

Hartal mainly refers [নির্দেশ করা] the act of total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, courts of law as a form of civil disobedience [অবাধ্যতা] particularly [বিশেষ করে] in political protest. In modern strife [দ্বন্দ্ব] torn state hartal has become a common affair. It is observed [পালিত] at the call of a political party to press their demand to the ruling political party. The opposition political parties observe hartal to protest against the corruption [দুর্নীতি], misuse [অপব্যবহার] of power and the evil deeds of the ruling party. Sometimes, students and people of a locality call hartal to express their demands. On a hartal day normal course of life is stopped. All means of transport and vehicles do not move on the roads. People are to face a lot of troubles to attend their offices. They go on foot as vehicles are not available. As a result, the attendance is very negligible [অকিঞ্চিত্কর] in the offices, factories, industries and shops. The economy of the country suffers a heavy loss. Mills, factories and industries stop their work. All the business centres, markets and shops remain closed. The supporters in favour of hartal bring out procession [মিছিল]. Often clashes occur between the police and the picketers. Sometimes, clashes take place between the supporters of the opposition and the ruling political parties which result in some deaths. On a hartal day the suffering of the people know no bounds. Actually, it is a mode of appealing to the sympathies [সহানুভূতি] of a government to change an unpopular or unacceptable [গ্রহণযোগ্য নয়] decision.