Lift emergency, try war criminals
Satkhira JSD demands
Satkhira district JSD at its first executive committee meeting yesterday since allowing indoor politics urged the government to lift emergency, saying this is a precondition to holding a free, fair and credible national election.
They also urged the government not to hold upazila polls before parliamentary election as it will 'hamper' the national election.
They also demanded trial of war criminals as they were involved in killing, loot, rape and arson during the Liberation War. The government should initiate the trial as war criminals did crimes against the state.
The meeting also called upon the government to implement the National Women Development Policy, arguing that it is not anti-Islamic.
They demanded release of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina and withdrawal of the 'false' cases against her.
Chaired by district JSD vice-president Subhas Chandra Sarkar, the meeting was held at Patkelghata thana JSD office in Tala upazila.
The government arrested many leaders of major political parties but Jamaat-e-Islami leaders are untouched though many of them were involved in corruption, they said.
JSD leaders at the meeting also criticised the government for enhancing prices of fuel and fertilizer and urged it to take effective steps to contain price hike of essentials and introduce rationing system.
They also urged the Election Commission (EC) not to delimit five constituencies in Satkhira, reducing the number of parliamentary seats in the district to four.
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