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Parties slate police action 3 on gafrneni workers

By Staff Correspondent
Awami League and several other political parties and workers' organisations on Friday strongly condemned the police action on the garment factory workers in the city.
The Awami League President Sheikh Hasina in a statement said the attacks on the garment factory workers by the police and hired mas taans of. the owners had created an unexpected situation In the country's garment sector.
Recalling the glorious contribution to the anti-autocracy movement by he working masses. Hasina. also Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, said people expected an end to repression on the struggling masses with the fall of autocracy in the country.
The AL Chief said all concerned must play responsible role in protecting the country's garment factories, which created’employment opportu nlty for over five lakh people and helped earning huge foreign currency. The relevant quarters should avoid the path of repression to help nourishment of garment Industries In the country, she added.
Secretary General of Jama-at-e-Islami Maulana Matlur Rahman Nizami In his statement expressed deep concern over the attack on the garment workers by police and musclemen in the city and demanded that the government and the factory owners should stop repression on them.
Nizami, also the leader of his party's Parliamentary Party, termed the attacks as inhuman.
Jatlya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) President Shafiul Alam Prodhan in a statement accused the government and the owners of destroying the country's garment factories by their repressive steps against the workers.
Garments workers and employees' Unity Council Chairman Mohammad Khur-shid Alam and Secretary General Amirul Huq Amin protested the statement by the garment factories' owners and called it as part of the conspiracy against the factories.
He viewed that the present crisis could be solved through a tripartite talks of the government, owners and workers.
The' National Garments Workers' Federation in its statement demanded immediate release of the arrested garment workers and withdrawal of cases against them. Bangladesh Bastuhara Jana-kalyan Samlty condemning the police action said these actions proved the absence of any democratic government in the country.
Besides, the Federation of the Workers and Employees of government, semi-government and non-government bodies and Bangladesh Garib Dal also Issued separate statements strongly condemning the police actions and demanding acceptance of the garment workers' demands.