AL men occupy jute employees' office
Khalishpur unit of the ruling Awami League has occupied People's Jute Mills Employees' Union office at Khalishpur in Khulna city and made it a temporary office of the party.
Employees and workers of all jute mills in Khalishpur industrial belt have strongly protested the incident and appealed to the authorities concerned to free the two-storey union office from AL occupation.
Md Nurul Islam Molla, Convenor of the People's Jute Mills Property Protection Committee, said a group of leaders and activists of Awami League entered the union office at around 11:00pm on July 16 in the name of holding a party meeting. They hung a party signboard and left the building, keeping it under lock and key.
Molla, also the president of Khulna city unit of Freedom Fighters' Coordination Committee, said he had sent letters to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State minister for Labour and Employment Begum Munnujan Sufian and KCC Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque on Thursday, urging them to free the employees union office from forcible occupation by Khalishpur AL. "We are yet to get any positive response from them," Molla said.
When asked, President of Khalishpur AL unit Sanaullah Nannu said the building is being used as temporary office of the party. He denied allegation of forcible occupation of the union office.
"We will leave the building after reopening of the People's Jute Mills. My party does not believe in politics of illegal occupation of any building and business firm," he said.
Contacted, KCC Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque, also the president of AL Khulna city unit, said he will try to resolve the problem. "I do not support any illegal activities of leaders and activists of any political party."
The two-storey building of the union office was built in 1973 with money donated by the employees of the People's Jute Mill.
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