The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh Swadhinata Party demanded food for all, including the working class-people rationalising the price of the essential commodities.

The party led by Abir Hasan, at a discussion meeting on "Price-Hike of Commodities and Misery of the Working Class held at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity yesterday, demanded to boost the internal food production of the country by providing direct subsidy to the farmers.

Prof Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque of Bangla Department of Dhaka University, Golam Sattar, President of Bangladesh Sramik Federation, Subal Sarkar, General Secretary of Bangladesh Bhumihin Samity, among others, addressed the meeting presided over by the party Chairman Abir Hasan.

Faiz Hossain, General Secretary of the party presented keynote paper.

Criticising the caretaker government for the price-hike of essentials, Prof Abul Kasem said, "The present government is not the government of the people as it is serving the interest of the capitalists and has no control on the business.

The speakers said the Government should introduce rationing system and continue open market sale (OMS) and VGF to control price-hike of essentials.

The party demanded to establish union level food stores and Agro-based industry in the country.

They also said the interest of bank and NGO loans should be curtailed to 3 per cent for the farmer and working class-people.

The party threatened mass resistance programmes against the government, if it failed to rationalise and control the price of the essentials.