Several hundred landless people from Rangpur organised a rally at Shahbagh in the capital on Monday, demanding the allocation of khas land, reducing the price hike of daily essential commodities and the beginning of rationing.
Chaired by the organiser of the Bhumihin and Grihahin Organisation in Rangpur Anwar Hossain Babul, Dhaka University professor Tanjimuddin Khan, coordinator of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) Masud Rana, and leaders of the organisation Matin Sarker, Abdus Satter and Ahsanul Arefin, among others, spoke at the rally, said a press release.
After the rally, a delegation led by Anwar Hossain Babul went to the Prime Minister’s Office and handed over a memorandum.
In the memorandum, they demanded the allocation of khas land for landless people in Rangpur and the introduction of rationing for the landless people so they could buy essential commodities at cheaper prices.
This NEWS originally published in Dhaka based News Paper The New Age.
