National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari has called for building a social resistance movement against what he described as “new extortionists.”

He said when Tk 200–300 is taken as extortion from the Tk 500 earned by a working-class person after spending the whole day under the sun, it is not merely money that is lost; an essential need of the person’s family also goes unmet that day.

Patwari made the remarks in a Facebook post on Monday (September 14).

In the post, he wrote, “A person works all day under the sun, sweating to earn Tk 500. That money buys milk for his child, school notebooks and medicine for his elderly father. If an extortionist takes Tk 200–300 from that amount, it is not just money that is lost; one of the family’s needs comes to a standstill that day.”

He added, “Tk 500 may seem insignificant to you and me. But for someone whose entire day’s labor is worth Tk 500, that money is worth as much as thousands of crores of taka.”

He further wrote, “You set up a shop, you pay extortion. You run a business, you pay extortion. Vehicles operate, you pay extortion. You build a house, and even there you have to pay extortion.”

He said the humiliation becomes even deeper when the money is used to demonstrate political influence and power. “This money does not stop at the bottom; through successive shares, it also reaches leaders at higher levels,” he alleged.

“Extortion does not merely take away money; it takes away people’s sweat, their children’s future and their right to live,” Patwari wrote.

Calling on people to stand up against the “new extortionists,” he urged communities across the country to build social resistance against extortion.

“The country will be saved only when a father can safely take home the Tk 500 earned through his sweat for his child,” he wrote.