Bangalee settlers call blockade in CHT March 18
Sunday, 14 March 2010
RANGAMATI, Mar 13 (UNB): Leaders of settlers in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have called blockade on March 18 to protest arrest and repression on the settlers.
The agitation programme was announced at a press conference jointly addressed by Parbatya Gano Parishad chairman Jalaluddin Mohammad Alamgir, Sama-adhikar leader Jahangir Kamal and Bangalee Chhatra Parishad district president Mohammad Shahjahan at the Reporters Unity auditorium in the city Friday.
They demanded immediate release of former president of the parishad Yeakub Ali and stopping repression on the community including its leader and former MP Wadud Bhuiyan.
The leaders rejected the report of the parliamentary committee on the incidents of Baghaichhari and Khagrachhari and demanded judicial inquiry to ensure a fair and unbiased probe.
They alleged that a vested group within the CHT Commission, UNDP and European Union has been provoking escalation of the trouble in guise of development work in the hill tracts.
The leaders threatened to stall all their development activities in the region if the vested quarter did not refrain from indulging in heinous acts affecting harmony among the communities.
The agitation programme was announced at a press conference jointly addressed by Parbatya Gano Parishad chairman Jalaluddin Mohammad Alamgir, Sama-adhikar leader Jahangir Kamal and Bangalee Chhatra Parishad district president Mohammad Shahjahan at the Reporters Unity auditorium in the city Friday.
They demanded immediate release of former president of the parishad Yeakub Ali and stopping repression on the community including its leader and former MP Wadud Bhuiyan.
The leaders rejected the report of the parliamentary committee on the incidents of Baghaichhari and Khagrachhari and demanded judicial inquiry to ensure a fair and unbiased probe.
They alleged that a vested group within the CHT Commission, UNDP and European Union has been provoking escalation of the trouble in guise of development work in the hill tracts.
The leaders threatened to stall all their development activities in the region if the vested quarter did not refrain from indulging in heinous acts affecting harmony among the communities.