Repeal of 8th amendment demanded

Held at local Shaheed Minar, the conference was presided by Sadullapur Degree College vice-principal Paresh Chandra Sarker while it was attended by Parishad general secretary Dr Neem Charda Bhaumik as chief guest.

Speakers also demanded cancellation of the Vested Property Act and representation of minority community in the national assembly.

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Among others, Chhattra and Jubo Oikya Parishad president Satyendra Nath Bhakta, Sukhendu Shekhar Baidha, former lawmaker Abu Taleb Mia, Aminul Islam Golap, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Mihir Ghosh, Gopal Chandra Barman and Debashis Roy addressed.

Hundreds of activists of seven upazilas attended the conference. Earlier, they brought out a procession and paraded the main streets of the town.

Later, a 61-member Gaibandha district unit committee was elected with Paresh Chandra Sarker as its president and Ranajit Bakshi Surjo as general secretary at the concluding session.