The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The city committee of Awami League urged the Caretaker Government to ensure proper treatment of detained party Chief Sheikh Hasina and withdrawal of 'false and fabricated' cases against her.

Alongside the legal means, the meeting called for formulating various organisational programmes to mobilise public opinion for her release.

This was urged at a meeting at the party office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the city yesterday where City AL acting President MA Aziz presided over.

In the meeting, the city committee presented a 10-point resolution and stressed on intensifying the movement for releasing Sheikh Hasina, who is now facing a number of extortion and corruption cases.

In the 10-point resolution, the meeting demanded withdrawal of cases against AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil, city AL General Secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and other leaders.

The meeting said that the government has failed to control the high price of essentials. A famine-like situation prevails in the country due to indifference and inefficiency of the government.

The city AL leaders demanded introduction of OMS, VGF, Test Relief and Food-for-Work Programmes and if necessary giving subsidy to rice for saving the poor people.

They urged the party workers to join the movement to press for holding trial of the war criminals of the Liberation War.

They asked the party's city, thana, ward and union committees to draw up programmes on the occasion of Bangabandhu' Homecoming Day on January 10.

The meeting decided for holding workers meeting in each thana, union and ward from next week to strengthen the party.

It criticised the 'dilly-dallying' tactics of the government regarding the release of Dhaka University teachers and demanded their immediate release by lifting the cases.