Gono Odhikar Parishad faction president Nurul Haque Nur on Sunday demanded arrest of perpetrators of Gopalganj killing within seven days.
鈥楽heikh Hasina fled the country but her cohorts are still active. They carried out killing in Gopalganj. All those involved in the killing must be arrested by next one week,鈥� he told at a discussion at the parishad鈥檚 office.
鈥楤eing organised, this Gopalganj鈥檚 terrorists [earlier] launched attack on army which is shameful incident. If they are not punished, large scale negative incident may happen in future,鈥� Nur added. 聽聽
Citing media reports he said that among the newly appointed deputy commissioners, 56 were beneficiaries of the past Awami League government. Keeping them in administration, reforms of the country could not be possible.
鈥楾he student-people have brought an opportunity to build the country afresh and it is the duty of the youths to complete their unfinished task for the greater national interest.鈥�
Nur, a former DUCSU vice-president, urged the youth organisations to work for building the country in unison.
He said that at least 150 youth lawmakers should be in the parliament in future, demanding the reduction of age limit to 21 from 25 years to bring scopes for the youths to become member of parliament.
Gono Odhikar Parishad faction general secretary Rashed Khan demanded inclusion of more people in the advisory council of the interim government as it should have at least 50 members.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Jubo Odhikar Parishad, youth wing of Gono Odhikar Parishad, placed a 7-point proposal for lessening unemployment crisis of the country.
Jubo Odhikar Parishad organising secretary Muntajul Islam placed the proposals, which included discrimination free employment and jobs should be given constitutional recognition, jobs should be free of application fee, illegal recommendation, security money and age limit, disabled people should be brought under 100 per cent jobs and employment coverage, government should provide international standard training and send the trained people abroad under the state financing or interest free loan facility.
Bangladesh Jubo Odhikar Parishad president Manjur Morshed Mamun, general secretary Nadim Hasan, Gono Odhikar Parishad leaders Abu Hanif, Shahidul Islam Fahim and Sarkar Nure Ershad Siddiqui, spoke on the occasion, among others.