City Desk :
Ensuring social justice and development of living and livelihood conditions of ethnical minority communities in the country’s northwest region has become indispensable for their peaceful existence.
The ethnic people were always deprived of land rights, food, healthcare, education and cultural facilities, so it is important that the government should ensure their fundamental rights besides full-filling other requisite demands.
Development activists and academics made the observations yesterday while addressing a post-rally discussion marking the 162nd Santal Revolution Day at Public Library conference hall in Rajshahi. Over 200 ethnic minority people joined the event.
City and District units of Jatiya Adibashi Parishad (JAP) jointly organised the programme recalling the sacrifices and role of ethnic people during the Liberation War in 1971.
JAP Chief Adviser and Convener of Parliamentary Caucus on Ethnic Minority Affairs Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP, addressed the meeting as the chief guest with JAP district unit President Bimal Chandra Rajoad in the chair. JAP Central Committee President Rabindra Nath Saren, local unit President of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad Kolpona Roy, BLAST Coordinator Advocate Abdus Samad, Shaw Unnayan President Mustafizur Rahman Khan and JAP leaders Subhash Chandra Hembrom, Raj Kumar Shaon and Shushen Kumar Shayam Duar, among others, spoke at the programme.
Lawmaker Badsha called for freeing the ethnic communities from the vicious cycle of poverty to make them fit for all the nation-building activities. Stressing the need for protecting the rights of the ethnic minority people, he said importance should be given on protecting the underprivileged people from all sort of deceptions.
Badsha underscored the need for establishing social justice towards the plain land ethnic communities through removing all sorts of disparity. In observance of the day, the JAP and its other front organisations jointly brought out a colourful rally which paraded different roads. After the discussion, Santal women performed their traditional dances, songs and staged plays marking the day.
Ensuring social justice and development of living and livelihood conditions of ethnical minority communities in the country’s northwest region has become indispensable for their peaceful existence.
The ethnic people were always deprived of land rights, food, healthcare, education and cultural facilities, so it is important that the government should ensure their fundamental rights besides full-filling other requisite demands.
Development activists and academics made the observations yesterday while addressing a post-rally discussion marking the 162nd Santal Revolution Day at Public Library conference hall in Rajshahi. Over 200 ethnic minority people joined the event.
City and District units of Jatiya Adibashi Parishad (JAP) jointly organised the programme recalling the sacrifices and role of ethnic people during the Liberation War in 1971.
JAP Chief Adviser and Convener of Parliamentary Caucus on Ethnic Minority Affairs Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP, addressed the meeting as the chief guest with JAP district unit President Bimal Chandra Rajoad in the chair. JAP Central Committee President Rabindra Nath Saren, local unit President of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad Kolpona Roy, BLAST Coordinator Advocate Abdus Samad, Shaw Unnayan President Mustafizur Rahman Khan and JAP leaders Subhash Chandra Hembrom, Raj Kumar Shaon and Shushen Kumar Shayam Duar, among others, spoke at the programme.
Lawmaker Badsha called for freeing the ethnic communities from the vicious cycle of poverty to make them fit for all the nation-building activities. Stressing the need for protecting the rights of the ethnic minority people, he said importance should be given on protecting the underprivileged people from all sort of deceptions.
Badsha underscored the need for establishing social justice towards the plain land ethnic communities through removing all sorts of disparity. In observance of the day, the JAP and its other front organisations jointly brought out a colourful rally which paraded different roads. After the discussion, Santal women performed their traditional dances, songs and staged plays marking the day.
