The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports from a protest rally at Mirpur in the capital on Thursday called on the government to scrap the unfair deal inked with ConocoPhillips for exploration and extraction of gas in two offshore hydro-carbon blocks.
According to the deal, the US oil giant will be able to export the extracted gas, which will be suicidal for us, the committee leaders said at the rally.
The national committee held the rally at Mirpur Section 10 roundabout to drum up support for the half-day general strike it had called for July 3 to press home its seven-point set of demands. Cancellation of the deal signed on June 16 tops the set of demands.
'The people will never accept the deal, according to which we will not be able to use the extracted gas for our domestic use,' said one of the speakers.
Committee leaders Quamrul Ahsan, Saiful Huq, Ragib Ahsan Munna, Zonayed Saki, Sajedul Haque Rubel, Shahidul Islam Sobuj, and Khan Asaduzzaman Rubel addressed the rally, which was followed by a road march up to Pallabi.
Meanwhile, the national committee distributed leaflets at Sadarghat and in a number of other areas of Old Dhaka to promote the July 3 general strike.
The committee will hold a rally today in front of the National Museum and then march from there to Palashi in Azimpur.
Source : New Age
