Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council has demanded the introduction and approval of the “National Minorities Commission” bill promised by Kabir Bin Anwar, co-chairman of the Awami League's Election Administration Committee, during a mass hunger strike and sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
The demand was made at a central committee meeting of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council on Saturday.
Presided over by Prof Dr Neem Chandra Bhowmik, General Secretary of the organization Rana Dasgupta delivered the inaugural speech, reads a press release issued on Saturday.
Central leaders, presidents and general secretaries of all district and metropolitan committees spoke at the meeting held at Kochi Kachar Mela Auditorium in the capital’s Segun Bagicha.
In the resolution adopted at the meeting, a specific roadmap was expected in the speech of the leader of the house that would carry out the pledges outlined in the 2018 election manifesto, regarding the fulfillment of various commitments aimed at benefiting religious and ethnic minority groups.
The resolution strongly demanded appropriate measures to stop the ongoing communal violence and attacks ahead of the upcoming puja.
The council also demanded the Awami League to reschedule its mega rally announced on the ninth day of the upcoming Durga Puja on October 23.
They urged the ruling party to hold the mega rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan on November 4.
