Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami held a farmers’ rally in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, to protest the fertiliser crisis, alleged corruption and partisanship in appointing dealers, and repeated rises in the prices of farm inputs and daily essentials.
The Jibannagar upazila unit of Jamaat-e-Islami organised the rally at the Jibannagar open-air stage at 4pm on Saturday (14 November).
Maulana Sajedur Rahman, the upazila Jamaat ameer, presided. The chief guest was Md Ruhul Amin, the district Jamaat ameer and member of parliament for Chuadanga-2.
In his speech, Ruhul Amin said farmers were not getting fertiliser on time and that the present administration had failed to resolve the ongoing fertiliser crisis.
He said people who had never been in the farm-input trade were now being appointed as fertiliser dealers, and alleged that party considerations were being given priority in these appointments.
He also said that the rise in fuel prices, soaring prices of goods and the electricity crisis had made ordinary people’s lives unbearable.
Speaking on the border situation and politics, he said: “Not one inch of Bangladesh’s land will be ceded to the fascist force on the other side of the border. Those who killed Islamic scholars, robbed the people of their right to vote and opened fire at Shapla Chattar have no right to do politics in this Bengal.”
Setting out his own position, he said: “I have no people for taking commissions from contractors, lobbying or brokering at police stations, or collecting extortion from markets and roads, and I never will.”
Musaddik Ali Ibne Mohammad, former literature and cultural secretary of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU), and Maulana Sakhawat Hossain, a candidate for Jibannagar upazila parishad chairman, spoke as special guests.
Md Mohiuddin, a member of the district working council, and leaders and activists of the Jibannagar upazila Jamaat-e-Islami at various levels were also present.
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