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Download PDF Bangladesh Awami League (AL) will stage a daylong mass hunger strike across the country next month to press for its five-point demand that includes announcement of election schedule and release of detained party chief Sheikh Hasina.
The decision came from a daylong meeting of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) held at the party’s Dhanmondi office with Acting President Zillur Rahman in the chair.
The three other demands are: Bringing down high prices of essentials, trial of war criminals, and improving the law and order.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Acting AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam declared the mass hunger strike, saying the planned hunger strike is the beginning of the future “constructive movement”.
The meeting strongly demanded unconditional release of Sheikh Hasina and other party leaders.
“Earlier, we had sent an application to the chief advisor with a request to release Sheikh Hasina and arrange her proper treatment in US. But, the government didn’t pay heed to our demand…Now we strongly demand her unconditional release,” Ashraful said.
The meeting approved the signature campaign programme announced by the City Awami League and Jubo Mohila Awami League and hailed the organisations for taking such programme aiming at releasing Sheikh Hasina.
Awami League called for starting proposed dialogue between the government and the political parties ahead of the parliamentary election but cautioned that if the war criminals are invited to the dialogue, the party will boycott it.
“We want bilateral dialogue like that of the Election Commission and we hope the government will refrain from any move that may hamper the dialogue process and it will not bring any good for the nation,” Ashraful said.
The central working committee asked the caretaker government to lift the state of emergency and ban on political activities across the country to create congenial atmosphere for holding the elections.
The meeting decided to exchange views with divisional level leaders of the party to know their opinion about the elections and the movement.
“The only task of the caretaker government is to hold general elections and hand over power to an elected government and for this the government should announce election schedule immediately,” Ashraful said.
After the observance of the planned mass hunger strike, the party is likely to announce programs like wearing black badges and hoisting black flags across the country and forming human chain to speed up the movement on the street.
At the central committee meeting, some leaders expressed their dissatisfaction at the activities of its student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League. They suggested reconstitution of the Chhatra League to make it effective.
The leaders underscored the need for keeping party united at any cost, shunning differences of opinion.
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