Courtesy: CHT Voice, Sunday, September 29, 2013, (http://www.chtvoice.blogspot.com/2013/09/rupayan-dewan-addresses-freshers.html)
Mohalchari College Pahari Chatra Parishad (Hill Students' Council) organized fresher's reception programme yesterday at the college ground. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. Rupayan Dewan and Mr. Pradip Chakma, chief guest and president of the function with the hoisting of national flag with national anthem followed by the PCP’s anthem- “Pahari chatra-chatri dal, Gyaner moshal jaleye niye ageye chal, ageye chal.”
Speakers
were- Mr. Suniti Chakma, information, publicity and publication secretary, PCP
central committee, Ms. Kakoli Khisa, lady vice chairman, Mohalchari upazila parishad
and information & publicity secretary of PCJSS, Mr. Angshuman Chakma,
Asstt. General Secretary, PCJSS central committee, Mr. Thuihla Aung Marma,
PCJSS central committee member and vice chairman of Mohalchari upazila
parishad, Mr. Sonaratan Chakma, chairman, Mohalchari upazila parishad and
president of PCJSS Mohalchari Thana chapter.
The
speakers encouraged the students to concentrate them in their studies and at
the same time read books on biography of wise men and revolutionary leaders and
also read those books which can help a man to be free from any dogmatism and
extremism. The speakers further called upon the students not to hate politics
and avoid politics but to be politically conscious, so that they can judge what
is right and what is wrong, as without politics it is difficult to survive in
the CHT, in the country and in the world.
The
speakers also opined that only with active participation of students and the
youths the closure of ongoing Jumma political violence and implementation of
the CHT Accord could be achieved. Referring to an excerpt from a PCP’s statement
released on 26th instant which bitterly criticizes the CHT
leadership responsible for political violence with a term “brutal” leadership,
Mr. Rupayan Dewan cited, “You are nobody’s friend, you are your own enemy and
people call you the brutal Ashoka.”, which Virat, Emperor Ashoka’s friend
remarked while he failed to resist Emperor Ashoka from attacking Kalinga
kingdom. Mr. Dewan called upon this leadership to refrain from annihilation
policy so that people can pardon, the way brutal Ashoka is regarded as the
Great Emperor Ashoka by the great historians.
The
speakers further bitterly criticized the ruling classes and the governments of
Bangladesh for serving the interest of the affluent classes by exploiting the
toiling masses and also the indigenous peoples. They held the ruling classes
and the governments to bring the Jummas and the Bengali settlers face to face.
They termed the ruling classes and the governments as reactionary and opined
that unity among the indigenous peoples and the toiling masses of the country
including the progressive and secular forces can bring prosperity in the
country.
The
speakers opined that BNP does not recognize the CHT Accord while Awami League signed
the accord and gave her strongest commitment for its implementation, but it has
betrayed with the Jumma people and hence remarked, “We want to see how the
Awami League comes to us in next one month or so. Mr. Rupayan Dewan, vice
president of PCJSS and CHT Regional Council member told the audience that the
CHT administration was brought under active service in 1982 under sections 7
and 8 of the Bangladesh Army Act 1952 in aide of the CHT’s civil administration
for maintaining law and order. But, he questioned the rationale of keeping this
order valid as of now giving the instances of recent communal attack on the
Jummas in Tendyong union (3rd August) and also the communal attack
in Khagarachari and Baghaihat in February 2010 as it fails to protect the Jummas.
This
intermediate college (class XI and XII) was established in 1988 and this year
it has about 800 students who basically come from about 13 local feeder
schools. This is encouraging that the number of girl students is higher than
boys and Mr. Pradip Chakma who presided over the meeting claims that it is
about 60%. The participation of girl students to the reception was also very
dominant and the function was conducted by Miss Barsha Chakma, a 2nd
year (XII class) student.