Jamaat Alliance’s Long March on September 5 with Six Demands

The Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance will hold a long march from Dhaka to Chattogram on September 5 with six demands, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar announced on Tuesday (August 25). He made the announcement at a press conference organised by the 11-party alliance in Dhaka.

At the press conference, He said, “Today’s press conference is being organized to inform you about the preparations of Jamaat-e-Islami as a partner of 11 parties. Press briefings of 11 parties have been held at different times. You have come to know about the preparations of 11 parties.” He said the alliance’s top leaders will meet on Wednesday to discuss the preparations further and announce additional decisions ahead of the long march.

The six demands include implementing the referendum, ensuring justice for the July massacre, resolving the country’s electricity, fuel, gas and fertiliser shortages, and controlling the rising prices of essential goods. The alliance also demands improvements in the law and order situation, with an end to campus violence, killings, rape and abductions. Its final demand is an end to political bias in government appointments, including positions in autonomous and semi-government bodies, corporations, district councils, ministries, education boards and universities. He also outlined the planned route and programme for the long march.