The member-secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, Anu Muhammad, on Saturday reiterated that the deal signed with US company ConocoPhillips for gas extraction is contrary to the national interest.
Terming the deal signed on June 16 as inequitable, Anu said the foreign company would be benefited in many ways by the provision that allows export of gas and the country would be the loser.
He was addressing a rally staged after formation of a human chain in front of the National Press Club by the Bangladesh Juba Maitri, the youth front of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, in support of the half-day hartal called by the national committee in Dhaka on July 3 to underscore its demand for cancellation of the deal.
The rally was addressed by the Workers Party's central leaders Mozammel Haque Tara and Ragib Ahsan Munna, and Juba Maitri's general secretary Mostafa Alamgir Ratan, along with others.
The rally was followed by a procession that traversed various roads of the capital.
The national committee staged a rally in front of the Bahadur Shah Park, where the leaders said that the energy ministry has become a den of the corruption.
They called on the government to free the ministry from the corrupt officials.
Chaired by committee leader Abu Bakar Ripon, the rally was addressed by Abdus Sattar, Khan Asaduzzaman Masum and Taimur Khan, along with others.
The rally was followed by a march to Chawk Bazaar in Old Dhaka.
The national committee also staged a separate march from Mirpur-10 to Kafrul and distributed leaflets to drum up support for the hartal.
The general secretary of the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, Saiful Huq, said that the Awami League-led government has signed the deal hurriedly, bypassing the Parliament. He called on the government to scrap the deal immediately.
The Dhaka city unit of the party organised the rally in front of the Press Club to drum up support for the hartal.
Chaired by convener of the city unit Mofazzal Hossain Moshtak, the rally was addressed by the party's central leaders Bannishikha Jamali and Abdus Salam, and also others. The rally was followed by a procession.
The Jatiya Multi Council and two other left-leaning parties also staged a rally in front of BMSSU in Shahbagh in support of the hartal called by the national committee.
Ganamancha's convener Masud Khan and Mukti Council's leader Minhaz Ahmed spoke at the rally.
Source : New Age
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