Opposition Leader Shafiqur says movement will continue until people’s rights are established
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Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Opposition Leader Shafiqur Rahman has said their movement will continue until the rights of the people are established, describing the Dhaka-Chattogram long march as a programme in support of the country’s 180 million people.
The long march began from Shapla Chattar in Dhaka at around 8:30am today, after an inaugural rally at 7:00am.
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“Our long march is on behalf of 180 million people. Our demands are clear. People are suffering from gas, electricity and water crises. Yet they still have to pay their bills,” Shafiqur said at the rally.
“Our movement will continue until the rights of the 180 million people of this country are established,” he said.
“We have taken to the streets to establish people’s rights. We will return home only after establishing those rights, In Sha Allah,” he added.
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Photo: Palash Khan
The Jamaat-led 11-party alliance is holding the programme with demands including implementation of the referendum verdict, trial of the 2024 July massacre, an end to shortages of electricity, fuel, gas and fertiliser, curbing price hikes of essentials, ending extortion and corruption, improving law and order, and stopping narrow partisanisation.
At the programme, Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam said the long march belonged to the people.
“If the government obstructs the long march, we will reach Chattogram overcoming all obstacles, and the 11-party alliance’s six-point demand will turn into a single-point demand,” he said.