Protect interest of working class in election manifesto
Speakers urge political parties
Staff Correspondent
Political parties should incorporate the issue of protecting the interests of the working class into their election manifesto as there are around six crores voters in the country who belong to the working class, speakers at a roundtable discussion said yesterday.They urged all working class organisations to be united and take effective measures for creating awareness among the workers about their role in the election. Shikkha O Paribesh Andolon (SOPA) organised the roundtable discussion on 'The Role of Working Class Voters to Protect their Interests in the National Election' at the Cirdap auditorium in the city where people from all working classes participated. Mahmudur Rahman Manna, organising secretary of the Awami League, said top leaders of the political parties who make the election agenda, ignore the working class as the leaders of the working class failed to highlight the importance of their issue in general election. "As many as 35,000 factories and industries of the country have been closed down following the prescription of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), leaving thousands of workers jobless," said Abu Mohammad Julfikar Azad, president of Bangladesh Sangjukta Krishak O Khetmajur Samity while presenting the keynote paper. Harun-ur-Rashid Bhuiyan, SOPA executive director, presided over the discussion and Prof Abdur Rashid, general secretary of Bangladesh Principal Parishad and Rashid-al-Mamun Titumir, executive director of Unnayan Anneshon, also addressed.
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