The Daily Star reports, "Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain escaped unscathed when an anti-CHT peace agreement group attacked his motorcade in Kaukhali upazila on way to Rangamati yesterday morning." The assailants, allegedly activists of pro-government Parbatya Samo Adhikar Andolan (Equal Rights Movement), attacked the vehicles with iron rods and stones near Godarpar Rubber Garden, damaging two microbuses.

Now if some people feel discriminated by the CHT Peace Accord, they may take recourse to judicial justice , instead of vigilante justice on the street. They can organise some peaceful protest and write in the newspapers and present their views in the electronic media. Likewise, those who support the peace agreement but believe that the government is not working in the true spirit of the accord, should also follow the same procedure first and foremost by going to the court and echoing their voices in the public and electronic media. If we fail to do that, we will continue to lease the country to the two rival political parties where the government will continue to play the role of the patrician, while the opposition plays the role of rhetorician and the public assumes the role of the plebeians.

In a democratic country like Bangladesh, Dr. Kamal Hossain has the right to support the peace accord and join any meeting. No activist of anti-accord movement should enjoy any kind of rights whatsoever such as to attack the motorcade of Dr. Kamal, simply because he was going to participate in the pro-accord meeting.

We, as the common citizens, decry this heinous assault on a person to whom we owe our constitution and political moderation. Dr. Kamal, being a jurist and key framer of the constitution, should not delay taking up the matter legally with the court while we, the general citizens, will echo our voice for his legal protection and against any disrespect shown to him. While I am against the hartal call, I should be more than willing to encourage participation in peaceful protests or rallies.