A large group of supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain blockaded the road in front of Nagar Bhaban and Golap Shah Mazar Intersection on Tuesday, demanding his swearing-in as the South City mayor.
They blocked the road at about 10:30am, creating heavy traffic in the surrounding areas and causing suffering to city dwellers.
The protesters also kept the gates of the headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, locked for fifth working days, causing suffering to service seekers as the administrative activities of the South City Corporation had remained stalled since May 15.
On Sunday, DSCC chief executive officer Md Zillur Rahman said that services in all their 10 zonal offices remained stalled due to the protest.
Meanwhile, the High Court is scheduled to hear today a writ petition challenging the legality of a government gazette that declared Ishraque DSCC mayor based on a lower court鈥檚 verdict.
The bench of Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury set the hearing date following an appeal by lawyer Mohammad Hossain who sought an urgent hearing of the petition filed past week by Md Mamunur Rashid, a resident of South Dhaka.
The protest started on May 14 under the banners of Dhakabashi, Dhaka South City Corporation Sramik Karmachari Union (associated with Jatiyatabadi Shramik Dal, labour organisation backed by BNP), and Biddut Karmachari Samajkallayan Samity.
On March 27 this year, Dhaka鈥檚 First Joint District and Election Tribunal judge Md Nurul Islam declared Ishraq Hossain as the rightful mayor, annulling the results of the 2020 Dhaka South City Corporation elections that declared Fazle Noor Taposh as the winner.
On April 27, the EC issued a gazette declaring Ishraq as the DSCC mayor.
