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Amendments to cooperative laws being considered: Talukder

Auto-rickshaw drivers demand industrial loan, interest waiver
LORD and Cooperatives Minister Abdus Salam Taluk-dcr Sunday called upon the people involved in the cooperative movement to restore die lost image of the movement by making It dynamic and freeing it from corruption, reports BSS.
Addressing as chief guest a meeting of the Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Drivers Cooperatives Federation Ltd at the Engineer's Institution In Dhaka. Talukdcr, who 1s also the Secretary General of BNP. said the present Government was committed to make the cooperative movement dynamic so that it could play a major role for the welfare of the society.
Several hundred members of the Auto-Rickshaw Drivers Cooperative Federation attended the meeting. The leaders of the Federation placed a nutpber of demands before the ministers. They demanded
introduction of industrial loan for the sector.
The auto-rickshaw drivers also demanded write-off of the interests of the previous loans and urged the government to withdraw Import taxes on the auto-rickshaws.
The LGRD Minister appreciated the genutnlty of the demands and said that the government would look Into their demands with due Importance In the near future.
The auto-rickshaw leaders expressed their full support to the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and promised to help the government implement all Its welfare-oriented programmes.
The Minister told the meeting that the Government was thinking over certain amendments in the relevant laws which guide the cooperatives movement to make It more suitable for the changing soci-
ety.
He said the present Government, which came to power on the basis of people's mandate, remembered with honour the contributions of the professionals In the antiautocracy movement.
Talukdcr particularly mentioned about the auto-rickshaw drivers for their selfless dedication to make the people's upsurge against autocracy a success.
Presided over by Muka-ddem Hussatrf. President of the Federation, the function was addressed, among others, by LGRD Deputy Minister Mohammad Abdul Hye, State Minister for Finance Mojlbur Rahman, Deputy Minister for Health Strajul Huq. Registrar of Cooperatives Mohammad Azizul Huq Bhuiyan and Salahuddln Ahmed, MP, President of Bangladesh Jatlya Samabaya Union.