A combine of left-leaning parties is trying to form a united platform that will be beyond the influence of the two big political parties, the Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party, for initiating a united movement against the AL-led government for its numerous failures.
The Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of 10 left-leaning parties, has taken the initiative to form the platform for strengthening the left and turning it into a viable alternative political force.
The DLA's leaders will hold a meeting with the leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Thursday, said informed sources.
Nazrul Islam, the coordinator of the DLA, has already sent letters to leaders of the Jatiya Mukti Council, Naya Ganatantrik Ganamorcha, Naya Ganatantrik Ganamancha, Jatiya Ganatantrik Front and other leftist parties to discuss formation of the greater alliance.
'We shall lunch issue-based united movements, especially against the failure of the government to control the price-hike of food and other essential commodities, and to ensure smooth supply of power, gas and water,' Nazrul told New Age on Tuesday.
'We shall sit with the leftist parties soon to discuss how to bring about the unity of the leftist and progressive forces,' Nazrul added. 'We will also call all the other leftist parties to join us for strengthening the combine.'
Mujahidul Islam Selim, the general secretary of the CPB, told New Age, 'We are ready to wage united movements of the left-leaning parties to protest against the failures of the government.'
'We shall sit with the leaders of the DLA on Thursday morning in our office,' he added.
The decision of enlarging and strengthening the leftist alliance was taken on Thursday at a meeting of the DLA, chaired by Nazrul Islam and attended by Tipu Biswas, Saiful Huq, Abdus Sattar, Bazlur Rashid Firoz, Mushrefa Mishu, Zonayed Saki, Hamidul Haque, Badrul Alam and Mahinuddin Chowdhury Liton.
Source : New Age
