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Withdraw fuel price hike Political parties demand

Staff Correspondent
Different organisations yesterday continued their protests against the fuel price hike by holding different programmes in the capital and demanded cancellation of the d e c i s i o n.
Gono Forum at a meeting demanded of the government to cancel its decision to increase the fuel price.
The meeting presided over by acting general secretary Advocate Subrata Chowdhury expressed aopetu jjver thQ^deaisianraying - that the price hike would increase' thte'chiseries of people. 11 •
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) declared a countrywide protest and demonstration programme against the fuel pricehike on July 9.
CPB President Majurul Ahsan Khan at a meeting at the party office in the city said the price hike would increase the produc-tioncostof food items.
Leaders of Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) asked the government to cancel the decision saying it would add to peo-ple'smiseries.
They were speaking at a protest meeting organised by the city unit of the party at Shaheed Asad audit o r i u m .
WPB General Secretary Bimal Biswas said the fresh fuel price hike would multiply the miseries of people, as it will increase transportation cost and prices of essentials.
Holding a protest meeting, Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) leaders demanded the withdrawal of the decision to hike fuel price.
They said the price hike would cause immense sufferings to members of the public.' • •
The alliance leaders also demanded of the caretaker government not to make the BTTB a comp any.
Presided over by LDA Coordinator Moshrefa Mishu, the meeting was held at Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal office at Topkhana Road.
Bangladesh Kalyan Party Chairman Major General (Retd) Syed Muhammad Ibrahim said the decision of fuel price hike would be suicidal for the government.
He asked the government to
reconsider thedecision.
He was speaking at a meting where leaders and activists from different political parties joined the Bangladesh Kalyan Party.
Jatiya Mukti Council President Badaruddin Umar and General Secretary Faijul Hakim in a statement demanded of the government to cancel the decision of fuel price hike.
They urged the government to curtail the expenditures in unproductive sectors and provide fuel subsidy to reduce public suffer! n g s .. '
Srairlik Karmochari Oikya' Parishad (Skop) leaders in a statement demanded the cancellation of the decision to raise the fuelp rice.
They also demanded enhancing safety net and allowing 50 percent dearness allowance for theworke r s .
Skop leaders Abul Bashar, Abdul Matin Master. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed and Abdullah Sarker signed the statement.
Bangladesh Trade Union Centre (BTUC) leaders demanded cancellation of the decision.
In a statement. BTUC President Muhammad Nurul Islam and General Secretary Dr Wajedul Islam Khan said the fuel price hike will increase public sufferings as they are already suffering from skyrocketing of prices of different essential commodities.
Gonosonghati Andolon, protesting the government's decision to hike fuel price, said the decision proves backbonelessness of the government to imperialistic forces.
At a meeting, the leaders of the organisation demanded of the' governrhdn't tb caricet the1 decision.
Bangladesh Chhatra Federation (BCF), a students' forum, brought out a procession on the Dhaka University campus protesting the fuel price hike and demanded cancellation of thedecision.
Addressing a rally after the procession BCF leaders said they would forge agitation against the fuel price hike.
The leaders included Probir Saha. Saikat Mallik and Wahid Pr itom.