Govt to face 'Gonoadalat' if crossfire continues: CPB
Communist Party of Bangladesh brings out a procession after the end of a rally before Matsya Bhaban in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) yesterday threatened the government would face Gonoadalat (court of people) if it does not stop the incidents of crossfire and disappearance of people.
The government should also begin the trial of the accused in mass killings at different times in the country, otherwise they would be tried at the court to be established through mass movement, said CPB president Manjurul Ahsan Khan.
Khan was addressing the party's national rally organised in front of the Department of Fisheries in the city, participated by thousands of people from all walks of life.
At the programme, CPB general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim challenged the government hands over power to the CPB and it would bring down prices of daily commodities within three months. The CPB would do so by introducing "mass-distribution system", he said.
He claimed that the two major political parties of the country do not practice politics rather than patronise extortionists and the corrupt.
“Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) should be renamed 'Lobbyist Party' and the Awami League 'Lobbyist League', as they are commercialising and criminalising politics”, he said.
Manjurul Ahsan said the imperialists have been trying to loot the country's oil, gas, coal and mineral resources for very long under the patronisation of the present and past governments. CPB's fight against imperialists' plot will be continued, he said.
The party made an 11-point demand including reduction of fertiliser and diesel's price, fair wage for garments' workers, solving the crises of gas, electricity, water and traffic jam, and speedy trial of war criminals.
CPB assistant general secretary Syed Abu Jafar Ahmed, presidium member Haider Akbar Khan Rono, and central committee's member Jasim Uddin Mondol, among others, also spoke.
The CPB also took out a procession to Central Shaheed Minar through Nilkhet and TSC of Dhaka University.
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