UNB, Rangamati :
Bangalee settlers’ organisations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have announced a dawn to dusk hartal for August 10 in three CHT districts demanding that the government scraps the draft ‘Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission (Amendment) Act 2016’.
The hartal will be enforced jointly by five organisations: Parbatya Nagarik Parishad, Parbatya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad, Parbatya Chattagram Samaodhikar Andolon, Parbatya Gana Parishad and Parbatya
Bangalee Chhatra OIkya Parishad. The programme was announced through a joint statement of the five
organisations on Wednesday.
The statement said the the draft ‘Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission (Amendment) Act 2016’, which has already been approved by the Cabinet, will turn into a ‘black law’ as no appeal
can be filed against the decision of the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission.
Besides, the Commission does not include any representative of the Bangalee community in the CHT, it added.
Before the hartal, the five organisations have also announced to
organise protest rallies in the three CHT districts on August 4 and a human chain programme in the three CHT districts on August 8.
Bangalee settlers’ organisations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have announced a dawn to dusk hartal for August 10 in three CHT districts demanding that the government scraps the draft ‘Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission (Amendment) Act 2016’.
The hartal will be enforced jointly by five organisations: Parbatya Nagarik Parishad, Parbatya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad, Parbatya Chattagram Samaodhikar Andolon, Parbatya Gana Parishad and Parbatya
Bangalee Chhatra OIkya Parishad. The programme was announced through a joint statement of the five
organisations on Wednesday.
The statement said the the draft ‘Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission (Amendment) Act 2016’, which has already been approved by the Cabinet, will turn into a ‘black law’ as no appeal
can be filed against the decision of the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission.
Besides, the Commission does not include any representative of the Bangalee community in the CHT, it added.
Before the hartal, the five organisations have also announced to
organise protest rallies in the three CHT districts on August 4 and a human chain programme in the three CHT districts on August 8.
