Ganasanghati Andolan leaders on Monday blamed the Awami League led government's patronisation of market syndicates for the sky rocketing essential prices.
Speaking at a demonstration, the left leaning party organised in the city in protest against the unbridled price escalation, they called for national unity for foiling conspiracies to make the common people suffer.
They said that a poor family had to spend 76 per cent of its earnings on buying rice alone.
They described the prevailing situation as totally unacceptable as 58 per cent of the families cannot afford enough food.
The police obstructed the demonstrators, who had gathered in front of the National Press Club, from proceeding towards the ministry of food.
Ganasanghati Andolan chief coordinator Zonayed Saki said the government directly patronised the syndicate of profiteers.
He said that profiteering made public life miserable well ahead of Ramadan.
He said that there was no justification to raise rice price to adjust it with international price when approximately 95 per cent of the food grain was produced in Bangladesh.
Saki said that it would be a wishful thinking on the part of the Awami League-led government to expect that its foreign mentors would be able to keep it in power for eternity.
He said that it was totally wrong for the AL led regime to neglect the electorate out of its erroneous thinking that by pleasing it foreign mentors it would be able to cling to power.
He asked the government to break the syndicate and ensure selling of essentials at fair and reasonable prices.
GA leader Abdus Salam said that a mass movement alone could protect the democratic and fundamentals rights of the people of Bangladesh from encroachment by dictatorial regimes.
Source : New Age
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