UPDF slams PCJSS, govt

The government and PCJSS are playing games over the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord's implementation to cheat and deprive indigenous people, said Prosit Khisha, president of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), yesterday.
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) and the government are trying to achieve their own gains as 15 years went by with no visible progress in the accord's implementation, he stated in a press release.
PCJSS repeatedly threatened to launch a movement for the accord's implementation but indigenous people's demand for autonomy, land rights, constitutional recognition, and withdrawal of Bangladesh Army remained unachieved, said Prosit.
Accusing PCJSS cadres of killing some 231 UPDF men till date, he urged the government to bring into use CHT's traditional land laws and withdraw Bangalee settlers from the three hill districts.