Ninety-four eminent citizens of Chittagong in a joint statement on Saturday demanded cancellation of the 15th amendment to the Constitution and recognition of the ethnic minority communities in it. They came down heavily on the government for imposing Bengali nationality on the minority communities by amending the Article 6 of the Constitution, which now states ... Read more
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Constitutional recognition demanded for ethnic minorities
Speakers in a discussion on Friday in the Rajshahi city called on the government to constitutionally recognise the ethnic minority communities of the country. They also demanded a separate land commission like that of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to restore the land rights of the plain land ethnic minorities