The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad, along with some human rights bodies and civil society leaders, rejected the Vested Property Repeal (Amendment) Bill 2011 placed in the Parliament on Tuesday.
The president of the Oikya Parishad, Chitta Ranjan Dutta, and general secretary, Rana Dasgupta, on Wednesday in a press statement said that the Bill did not reflect the proposals of the concerned organisations, and as a result there will be further complications and the minority community will not get back their vested properties.
The Bill must be amended and, according to the High Court's verdict, all the properties of the minorities must be kept out of the list of vested properties after 23 March, 1974.
The law must have a provision ensuring that the inheritors and co-sharers of the properties are given their due rights.
The law should also drop the phrase 'uninterrupted citizenship of Bangladesh' and replace it with 'citizenship of Bangladesh' to prevent harassment of the claimants and ensure justice.
Source : New Age
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