UPDF stages procession, rally
Leaders of anti-peace accord United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) yesterday brought out a procession in the town and held a protest rally at Kutukchhari Bazar.
Criticising the government for terming the indigenous people as Bangali, they said an indigenous man cannot be a Bangali which is also applicable for a Bangla speaking person.
The government has betrayed with the 'jummo people' through passing the 15th amendment bill, they said.
They termed the government move as undemocratic, communal and fundamentalist.
The indigenous people will never accept it. The government must pay for its wrong decision, they warned.
All the indigenous communities have their own distinct culture, tradition and customs. Every indigenous community has separate identity and different caste, the leaders said.
Slating the role of MPs, including Dipankar Talukder, Bir Bahadur Ushoi Sing, Jatindra Lal Tripura, and Promod Mankin, they said that all of them failed to bring any positive change to the hills.
Rather, they are making the situation complicated and working against the interest of jummo people, they alleged.
Alokesh Chakma, coordinator of UPDF, Rangamati unit, Bablu Chakma, UP member Kajoli Tripura, Kutukchhari UP chairman Prava Ranjan Chakma and Sapchhari UP chairman Shimul Bikash Chakma spoke at the rally.
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