More than 30 activists of 11 left and democratic political parties were injured as police charged batons on their march towards parliament in the city on Thursday.
The police stopped the marchers in front of National Museum at Shahbag and dispersed the activists.
Communist Party leaders Sazzad Zahir Chandan, Sadequr Rahman Shamim, Khan Asaduzzaman Masum and Kulsum Begum, Workers Party's Ragib Ahsan Munna and Juba Moitri's Saiful Islam Tapan were among the injured.
CPB general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim at an impromptu rally on the spot termed the passage of the constitution 15th amendment bill by the Awami League government as a 'grave betrayal of the nation' and said the day would be remembered as a 'black day'.
The parties brought out the procession in protest at the passage of the 15th amendment bill.
He said the government had recognised the military rule of Hussein Muhammad Ershad by retaining 'Islam as the state religion' in the constitution.
'The Awami League has betrayed the spirit of the war of independence which was fought for a secular and democratic Bangladesh,' Selim said.
Cultural activist Kamal Lohani said that the state could never have a religion of its own and the people of the country would not accept it.
The march started from the Central Shaheed Minar at around midday and ran into the police barricade at Shah-bag where the law enforcers charged batons on them.
CPB president Manzurul Ahsan Khan, presidium member Shahidullah Chow-dhury, Workers Party general secretary Anisur Rahman Mollik, politburo members Bimal Biswas and Hazera Sultana, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Afroza Haq Rina,Ganatantri Party president Mohammad Afzal, general secretary Nurur Rahman Selim, Gana Forum presidium member Pankaj Bhattachariya, Communist Kendra's Wajedul Islam Khan, Lutfar Rahman of Samyabadi Dal and Parbatya Chattagram Janasanghati Samiti leader Dipayan Khisha led the march.
Leader of the 11 political parties, seven of them partners of the Awami League-led ruling coalition, took part in the protest programme.
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal also joined the programme after holding a rally in front of the press club after the police stopped them in front of the High Court.
Source : New Age
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