Govt creating new problems in hills instead of promoting peace: Larma
Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, chairman of Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council (CHTRC), has said the government is creating new problems in the hills instead of taking effective steps to implement the peace accord.
He also accused the CHT affairs ministry of working against the interest of hill people and opposing the full implantation of the deal.
The peace agreement was signed for permanent solution to the long standing problems in the CHT. But new problem is being created everyday in the way of proper execution of the deal, said Bodhipriya, popularly known as Santu Larma, while addressing the council of district Juba Samity, an associate body of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), at Town Hall here yesterday.
Chaired by Gunendu Bikash Chakma, president of district unit of PCJSS, the council was addressed, among others, by Polash Tangchangya, youth affairs secretary of PCJSS, Jyotirmoy Chakma, vice president of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) and it former president Udoyan Tripura.
The CHTRC chairman blamed Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, chairperson of CHT Peace Accord Implementation committee, for what he said opposing the full implementation of the accord.
About the three hill district councils (HDCs), Santu Larma, also the chief of PCJSS, said these institutions are involved in anti-people activities and creates hindrances to full execution of the peace treaty.
As the chairmen and councillors of the hill district councils are politically nominated persons, they always work at the instructions of party high ups and for their self interest, Larma said.
He brought allegations of tender manipulation and corruption against the HDCs chairmen and councillors and also of their alleged involvement in government staff recruitment process.
Larma demanded identity of all ethnic communities as indigenous people and urged the hill people to stay united to realise their demands. Leaders and activists of PCJSS, Juba Samity, Hill Women's Federation (HWF) and PCP attended the conference.
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