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BNP calls for boycott of Indian goods, burns Indian-made saree as example

BNP calls for boycott of Indian goods, burns Indian-made saree as example

Dhaka, Dec 5 (UNI) A senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader on Thursday called for the “boycott of Indian products” to protest against the desecration of the Bangladesh national flag and the attack on the Assistant High Commission in Agartala.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also set fire to the Indian saree of his wife as an example, amidst the chanting of anti-Indian slogans by the party supporters.
"Those who tear down our country's flag... we will boycott their (Indi’s) products,” he said while addressing a function in front of the Jatiya Press Club, UNB reported.

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