A participatory, competitive, peaceful as well as fair and acceptable election requires dialogue and mutual understanding among the political parties of the country. The political parties have to determine the important issues and compromises for compromise through dialogue.
The speakers said this at the divisional workshop on 'Dialogue and reconciliation among political parties' held at Teesta auditorium of Rangpur RDRS Bhavan on Monday (September 25) afternoon.
The event was organized by The Hunger Project-Bangladesh under Voter Awareness and Active Citizenry Project.
It was chaired by Rangpur district president of SHUJAN Bir Muktijodha Akbar Hossain, who was the guest of honor on the occasion of Dhaka University's Department of Mass Communication and Journalism Professor Robayet Ferdous.
Rangpur Metropolitan Awami League Joint Convener Abul Kashem, Metropolitan BNP Convenor Samsuzzaman Samu, District Jatiya Party Member Secretary Haji Abdur Razzak, Bangladesh Workers Party Rangpur District President Nazrul Islam Haqqani, Bangladesh Socialist Party-BSD Rangpur District Convenor Abdul Quddus, spoke among others. Bangladesh JSD Rangpur Metropolitan President Gautam Roy, Bangladesh Communist Party Rangpur District Secretary Kafi Sarkar, Gana Sanghati Andolon District Coordinator Touhidur Rahman.
The speakers in the workshop said that the dream of the great liberation war is to build a non-communal democratic and justice-based state. But due to the lack of idealistic public welfare-oriented politics, as the elections are approaching, the danger of a conflict situation is increasing. In this situation, there is no alternative to dialogue to resolve the political crisis.
They said, election is done with good governance not with development. A non-sectarian pluralistic democratic social system should be developed to establish good governance. A spirit of unity must be developed in the midst of diversity. Political parties and leaders should be the voice of the people. Use of religion in politics should be banned. Be proactive in solving your own problems.
A proposed national charter with 15 proposals for dialogue and compromise among political parties was presented at the workshop. During the election, the government, the role of the participants in the election and the election process, setting priorities for the newly elected government, constructively playing the role of the opposition, changing the political culture, democratic and transparent political parties, institutional reforms, zero tolerance policy against corruption, media freedom, non-communal democratic justice-based and welfare-oriented state formation. , women's empowerment, investing in youth, implementation of the Hill Tract Peace Agreement, strategic approaches, consultations and legal frameworks for dealing with crises through dialogue and upholding the national charter are discussed.
Various political parties, representatives of civil society, various non-governmental organizations, leaders of professional organizations, journalists, teachers, students, doctors and people of various professions participated in the event. Also, the representatives of citizens and representatives for good governance from different districts and upazilas of Rangpur division were present.