
Harijan leaders call for ensuring their constitutional rights
Monday, 4 October 2021
RANGPUR, Oct 03 (BSS): Leaders of the 'Harijan' community have called for ensuring their constitutional rights, dignity, opportunities and equal access to every sector of society like other citizens.
They made the call at the district conference of Rangpur unit of 'Harijan Adhikar Aday Sangathan (HAAS)' held at the Town Hall auditorium in the city maintaining health directives on Saturday afternoon.
They also brought out a rally on the city street and forwarded a 10-point demand at the post-rally conference presided over by President of HAAS Suresh Basfor in the chair.
Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa attended the occasion as the chief guest.
Women leaders Era Haq and Moushumi Sarker Rita, Harijan leaders Amerilal Basfor, Liton Basfor, Sarat Basfor, Khumri Lal, among others, addressed the conference.
The 'Harijan' leaders called for ensuring their rights to sit in eateries, access to hospitals for healthcare and inclusive education and admission facility in mainstream educational institutions, They also demanded stoppage of disrespectful behavior towards them in hats, bazaars and shops.
Besides, they demanded for ensuring equal job opportunities, proper implementation of their service quota fixed by the government and stopping disparity towards them, for their profession, caste or creed.
Suresh Basfor demanded for re-fixing their salaries, launching festival bonus, pension facilities, posthumous financial assistance and maternity leave for pregnant women and providing them with necessary tools for conducting cleaning activities safely.