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Desk Report

Family members of the BNP General Secretary Khandaker Delwar Hossain did not allow the leaders of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth wing of the party to hold a scheduled press briefing at their residence at NAM Building yesterday.

Later the Juba Dal leaders led by its Acting President Miah Mohammad Salim shifted their programme to the residence of Mohammad Shahjahan, a former BNP lawmaker, at the fourth floor of the same building.

Shahjahan, one of the Organising Secretary of BNP Central committee did not attend the function though he was present at his residence during the briefing.

Earlier, the Juba Dal leaders decided to use the house of Khandaker Delwar to prove them the mainstream of the organisation.

Addressing the press briefing, Jubo Dal leaders demanded the immediate release of the former prime ministers- BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, who are detained at the makeshift jail on the premises of the Parliament on a number of separate charges including corruption.

They also demanded of the government to free BNP senior Secretary General Tarique Rahman, Arafat Rahman Coco, Khaleda's two detained sons, Jubo Dal General Secretary Moazzem Hossain Alal and Jatiyatabadi Chhattra Dal president Azizul Bari Helal and other political detainees immediately .

Jubo Dal leaders accused the government of creating 'political vacuum' in the country in the name of combating corruption.

They demanded the government to initiate to bring the prices of essentials to the common people and increase the subsidy for the agricultural sector.

The Government should distribute VGD, VGF cards, introducing Work for Food, Work for Money , Fair Price cards among the poorer people of the rural area of the country, Miah Mohammad Salim , Jubo Dal acting president said.

Jubo Dal acting General Secretary Adv Abdus Salam Azad suggested the government to reopen all the closed factories and give compensations to the workers and sufferers of the mills, which have already been shut down.