Staff Reporter :
Minorities have urged the political parties not to nominate candidates with records of oppression on minority communities for the upcoming general election.
The call was made at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity on Wednesday. It was organised by ‘Shahebganj Bagdafarm Bhumi Uddhar Sangram Committee’ of Gaibandha distric and Nagorik Samaj in Dhaka.
They alleged that despite the staggering size of development budget sanctioned every year, it does little to change the living condition of the minority community.
“If you nominate minority oppressors, the minorities will not go to vote,” Kajal Debnath, an advisor of Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Oikyo Parishad, said.
Sanjib Drong, secretary of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, questioned the efficacy of extravagant development budget in alleviating poverty of the marginal people.
The press conference was organised demanding justice for murders of three Santals, compensation for the victims of arson attacks and loots and rehabilitation of the Santal community people to their “own land”.
