The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Leaders of different left-leaning political parties demanded of the government to ensure the cent per cent rights of the people and build up local institutions to exploit the national resources of the country in the policies for the use of mineral resources.

They condemned the government for drafting a coal policy proposing export of coal when the country itself needs it first for power generation and others production related uses.

The leaders of left-leaning political parties and eminent progressive personalities said this yesterday at a meeting presided over by Badruddin Umar at Green Road in the city.

The leaders also condemned the arrival of US marine ships to Bangladesh in the name of aid for the cyclone victims.

They suspected that the ships were coming to Bangladesh for good.

Leaders urged the government to lift the state of emergency for smooth relief works, so that the political parties could involve themselves in relief activities easily.

They also urged the government to waive the loans to the farmers in the disaster-affected areas and provide them with all the agricultural inputs for their livelihood.

Mujahidul Islam Selim, Bimal Biswas, MM Akash, Ruhin Hossain Prince, Abdus Sattar, Zonaed Saki, Shiekh Mohammad Shahidullah, Syed Abul Moksud, Haider Akbar Khan Zuno, among others, were present at the meeting.