CHT Correspondent
President of the Jana Sanghati Samity (JSS) and Chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Regional Council Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma alias Shantu Larma has said their signing of the CHT peace accord was a 'great mistake.'
The then Awami League (AL) government of Sheikh Hasina had signed the treaty not with 'good intention' but to betray the Jummia people, he alleged.
The former guerrilla leader was inaugurating the seventh JSS congress as the
chief guest at Khagrapur Community Centre in Khagrachhari yesterday.
The four-day congress is the second ever taking place openly with the first one held this way in November 1999, following the signing of the peace accord.
Larma said the present government is also following the AL government's policy of dawdling in implementing the peace accord. He asked the Jummia people to continue their movement till realisation of their rights.
The government is now 'politicising' the zila parishads in the CHT, further impeding implementation of the accord. He hinted at a long drawn conspiracy to 'Islamise' the CHT.
Chaired by Amiya Sen Chakma, the inaugural session of the congress was also
addressed by Sudha Sindhu Kheesa, Hansadhaja Chakma, Uday Shankar Chakma, Khageswar
Tripura, Provakar Chakma, Ushasingh Marma, Brojakishor Tripuran and Gafur Ahmad
Talukder.
They warned of a tougher movement if the peace accord is not implemented.
Later, 200 JSS central committee representatives and 80 observers attended a
closed-door council meeting.