Cancel lease of offshore blocks
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports yesterday staged demonstrations in front of Karwan Bazar Petrobangla office demanding cancellation of offshore gas exploration deals.
Over a hundred supporters and activists, wearing black badges, participated in the demonstration and cautioned the government about stern action if the national demands were not fulfilled.
The committee announced a series of assemblies for October 313 at all divisional headquarters and then a national convention on October 16 in the capital.
The committee also asked the government to cancel the PSC model 2008 and to formulate new one, to implement the Phulbari agreement and to punish the September 2 attackers.
During the demonstration, engineer Sheikh Muhammad Shahidullah, convener of the committee, said the government asked the two companies to finish the contract immediately.
Simultaneously, the government called on the national committee leaders through the parliamentary standing committee on power, energy and mineral resources ministry to discuss the issue, he alleged saying, "It is nothing but a ploy."
Bazlur Rashid Firoj of Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal, Murshed Ali of Communist Party of Bangladesh, Mushrefa Mishu of Ganatantri Biplobi Party, Dr Akmal Hossain of the Department of International Relations of University of Dhaka, Ragib Ahsan Munna and Nazrul Islam of Jatiya Gono Front addressed the demonstration.
Earlier on September 14, the committee observed a half-day hartal to press home its demands.
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