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Workers Party's 9th congress begins

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
The 9th national congress of Workers Party of Bangladesh began in Rajshahi yesterday with a vow to resist conspiracies of the imperialists and fundamentalists and for unity of non-communal and democratic forces.
The participants hoped the new unity would play a vital role in the advancement of the party's fight to establish the rights of people of all classes and professions and ideologies of the Liberation War.
The congress was inaugurated with a hoisting of the national flag at Rajshahi Medical College auditorium in the afternoon. The entire city has been decorated with red flags, digital banners and festoons on the occasion of the congress.
Around 600 representatives and observers from across the country and 15 like-minded political parties from five countries joined the inaugural session.
Left political parties of 56 other countries have expressed solidarity with the congress.
In his inaugural speech, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon said Bangladesh will be a middle income country soon but the process of reaching such a stage would be hampered if the country is not free from the threats of communal forces.
Menon, also civil aviation and tourism minister, warned of LIS aggression, citing examples of the withdrawal of the GSP facility and the hindering of the Padma bridge project implementation.
He also demanded Bangladesh's due share of water from the Teesta and Padma rivers.
Workers Party lawmaker Fazle Hossain Badsha delivered the welcome speech.
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, also representative of the 14-party alliance, attended the inaugu- ral session.
He called upon all to join hands with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to build a non-communa 1 Bangladesh.
Workers Party General Secretary Anisur Rahman Mollik, politburo member Bimol Biswas, former Rajshahi city corporation mayor AHM Khairuzaman Liton, Parbatya Ghhattagram Jana Sanghati Samity President Santu Larma and Communist Party of Bangladesh General Secretary Sayed Abu Jafar, among others, were present on the occasion.
In the morning, Menon led a 13-member politburo to pay tribute to the historic Khapra Ward martyrs in Rajshahi Central Jail where seven communist leaders were killed in 1950.
On the second day of the congress today, an international seminar will be held on "threat of fundamentalism in South Asia."
The congress will end on Sunday with the formation of a new committee of Workers Party for 2014-15.