Left political parties will hold Dhaka-Chattogram road march in June 27– 28 in protest at the interim government’s move to lease out the management of the New Mooring Container Terminal of Chittagong Port to foreign operator.
The march would also protest at the reported move to allow a humanitarian passage to the civil war-ridden Rakhine state of Myanmar.
The Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, took the decision on Monday at an online meeting chaired by alliance coordinator and Communist Party of Bangladesh general secretary Ruhin Hossain Prince.
The alliance leaders from the meeting called on the interim government to refrain from leasing out the container terminal’s management to any foreign company and allowing any humanitarian passage.
They also urged the government to organise the next general election by December.
Apart from LDA leaders and activists, Antifascism Left Alliance, a combine of seven left parties, and other parties and groups will participate in the road march, according to a press release.