Inquilab Mancha, a platform supporting the July-August student-mass uprising, on Sunday gave a seven-day ultimatum for the interim government to accept their three-point charter of demands, including ensuring security of all students and people who participated in the uprising.
If their demands are not fulfilled within the deadline, the organisation will besiege the Secretariat on December 29.
Their other demands include the cancelation of Awami League’s registration immediately for mass killing, and arrest of all ‘Awami League terrorists’ from union to central level to protect ‘patriotic students and people’.
The organisation held a mass sit-in for about four hours since 1:00pm on the road near the chief justice residence at Kakrail until the chief adviser’s private secretary-2 Shazeeb M Khairul Islam received a memorandum from them, assuring that their demands would be considered.Â
Earlier in the afternoon, the police halted an Inquilab Mancha march towards the interim government chief adviser’s official residence Jamuna, also at Kakrail that began in front of the National Museum.
While concluding the sit-in near the chief justice residence, organisation spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi announced besieging of the Secretariat on December 29, if the government failed to take effective steps to meet their demand.’
‘We want a specific roadmap about banning the mass killer political party Awami League through a press conference. The government has to ensure security of all students and people who participated in the July student-mass uprising,’ Sharif added.
He also alleged that Awami goons were carrying out assassination in the name of mugging and robberies, killing five uprising protesters, including three students.
He said that if the government failed to protect students and people, the chief adviser must change advisers.
Sharif also wanted to know how 626 ‘killers’ of Awami regime, including its general secretary Obaidul Quader, fled from cantonments.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ramna division deputy commissioner Masud Alam said that they had halted the march towards the chief adviser’s office.
‘We will not allow anyone to stage protests in front of chief adviser’s residence. The protesters took position on roads,’ the officer said.
A huge number of law enforcement personnel were deployed in and around the area to avoid any untoward situations.