'Charter of freedom' to be announced at Nov 22 rally

Scared at the opposition movement, the BNP-Jamaat government, now 'isolated from the people', is trying to foil the rally by arresting and harassing opposition leaders and activists across the country, they alleged.

A Correspondent reports from Narsingdi: Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil has said the 14-party opposition alliance will announce at its November 22 grand rally a 'charter for freedom' of the people from the BNP-Jamaat government's misrule.

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A programme will be announced to oust this anti-people government from power through a mass movement, he said at a big public meeting, held in front of Narsingdi AL office Thursday afternoon. It was organised by the district 14-party alliance.

He said killings and repression on people have crossed limits and this government can not be allowed to continue in power any more. He alleged that the two judges in Jhalakathi were killed by terrorists sheltered by the government.

Jalil said the government has already ruined the administration by politicising it. Now it is destroying the judiciary in a systemic way.

So, there is no alternative to dislodging this government he said and urged the people to join the November 22 grand rally in Dhaka to hasten its fall.

The meeting was presided over by advocate Asaduzzaman, president of Narsingdi district Awami League, and addressed by, among others, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, AL Presidium member Motia Chowdhury, JSD central leader Sharif Nurul Ambia, Gono Forum leader Jahirul Islam, Syamyabadi Dal leader Dilip Barua, Ganatantri Party leader Nurul Islam, Abdus Samad of Gano Azadi League, M A Gani of NAP and Raziuddin Ahamed MP.

Our Manikganj Correspondent reports: Leaders of 14-party opposition alliance blamed the BNP-Jamaat government for the killing of two judges in Jhalakathi and recent bomb attacks across the country.

The attackers have links with a ruling partner in the cialition government and so they kept the period during the SAARC free of any violence, Awami League Presidium member Abdur Razzak MP alleged at a JSD workers meeting held here on Thursday.

As soon as the summit ended, bomb attacks and repression on the opposition started, he said.

Manikganj JSD President Abdus Salam Bulu presided over the meeting held at the Town Hall. It was addressed by, among others, JSD Joint Secretary Shirin Akhter, Manikghan AL President Golam Mohiuddin, its secretary Gazi Kamrul Huda Selim and AL leader Abdul Mazid.