The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for upholding the constitution to safeguard democracy.

They said violation of the constitution in the past pushed the country backward.

Some speakers alleged that finger print system in voter ID card has been introduced to serve the interests of some colonial powers.

They were speaking at a roundtable marking the 'Democracy Killing Day' organised by Chironthan Bangladesh Central Committee at National Press Club. Alamgir Mohiuddin, Editor, Daily Naya Diganta, Mostafa Kamal Majumder, Editor, The New Nation, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, Senior Assistant Secretary General, Jammat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Shafiul Alam Prodhan, President ,Jatiya Gonotratik Party, Maulona Abdul Latif Nezami, Secretary General, Islamic Okiya Jote, BNP leader Maj(Retd) Akhtarozzaman, Jubo Dal General Secretary and former BNP lawmaker Moazzem Hossain Alal, Jatiya Party leader Ismail Hossain Bengal , Human Right activist Adv Bodroduzza Chowdhury , Islamic Party General Secretary Adv Abul Momen, among others, took part at the discussion.

Alamgir Mohiuddin alleged that maintaining instability in Bangladesh was a design of the world's super power.

Introduction of fingerprint in making voter ID card is not for our country, it is only to serve the purposes of the Pentagon, he alleged.

Mostafa Kamal Majumder said urge all to uphold the consensus constitution to steer the country clean of political problems.

Shafiul Alam Prodhan criticised politicians for giving foreigner chance to interfere in country's internal affairs.

Maj (Retd) Akhtaruzzaman vowed to launch movement for democracy and urged countrymen to join him.

Mohammad Kamaruzzaman blamed Awami League for the present situation of the country.

Moazzem Hossain Alal demaded the immediate release of the detained Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for the people to benefit from their leadership.

Ismail Hossain Bengal called for upholding the character of Bangladesh as a moderate Muslim country and said even during the political chaos, the price of essential commodities was within the buying capacity of the common people.

Maulona Abdul Latif Nezami called for unity of nationalist forces to preserve the democracy.

Adv Bodroduzza Chowdhury said that the leadership vacuum in the country can only be filled by an elected government.