Oikya Front to mark 1st founding anniversary

Jatiya Oikya Front will observe its first founding anniversary on 13 October by holding a discussion in the city, reports UNB. 

The steering committee of the alliance took the decision at a meeting at its convener Kamal Hossain's Motijheel chamber on Sunday afternoon.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rob) president ASM Abdur Rob said their discussion meeting will be held at the Jatiya Press Club with Kamal Hossain in the chair.

"We'll work out our next course of action after observing our founding anniversary. The current situation in the country won't improve without the formation of a national government dislodging the gambler regime," he said.

He said people are fed-up with the government activities, and they are ready to take to the streets.

13 October last year, BNP, Gonoforum, Nagorik Oikya, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and Jatiya Oikya Prokriya floated the anti-government alliance, Jatiya Oikyafront, led by Kamal Hossain ahead of the 11th parliamentary election.

The alliance took part in the 30 December national election using BNP's election symbol, the sheaf of paddy, but got only eight seats -- BNP six and Gonoforum two.