Staff Reporter
Gano forum Chairman Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said tribal people should be given constitutional recognition and all citizens of the country should have equal status, which was the main theme of the liberation war.
He was speaking at a memorial meeting on the occasion of 24th death anniversary of tribal leader Manabendra Narayan Larma, at the National Press Club yesterday.
Leaders of different organisations working for the rights of the aboriginal people demanded execution of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord signed in 1997 to ensure the rights of the aboriginal people, give them constitutional recognition and form land commission to prevent grabbing of land of tribal people. [Read more]