Chapainawabganj Correspondent :
Adibasis of Chapainawabganj on Wednesday hold a long march that started from Adda under Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj district to the DC’s office protesting the assault and sexual violence on the president of the Chapainawabganj district unit of Jatyo Adibasi Parishad Bichitra Tirki and formation of separate land commission for the plain land aborigines.
Workers Party leader Fazley Hossain Badsha MP introduced the long march as chief guest from Adda at 11-00 am. The long march was participated by thousands of adibasi men and women and the leaders and activists of different progressive organizations. After visiting Nachole and Amnura of the district it ended at the deputy commissioner’s office.
They staged a demonstration rally there in the afternoon. It was held with the president of the central committee of Jatyo Adibasi Parishad Rabindranath Saren in the chair. It was addressed among others, by, law maker of Rangamati Ushaton Talukdar, president of Oikyo NAP Pankaj Bhattacharja, movement affairs secretary of Jatyo Mahila Parishad Kazi Sufia Aktar, publicity secretary of the same Laila Khaled, secretary of the Jatyo Adibasi Parishad Sabina Chandra Munda and organizing secretary Bimol Chandra Razoar.
The speakers said, the state has been protecting those who are torturing the aborigine people, usurping their lands of by making fake stamps.
