'Combined Citizens' Movement' held a grand rally at Laldighir Maidan of Chittagong on 27 August '06. Chaired by Prof. Anupam Sen, central advisor of Nirmul Committee, the meeting was addressed by Justice KM Sobhan, central advisor of Nirmul Committee and presidium member of the 'South Asian Peoples' Union against Fundamentalism & Communalism', Major General (retd.) KM Shafiullah Biruttam, former army chief and commander of the Liberation War, writer journalist Shahriar Kabir, acting president of Nirmul Committee, Dr. Kazi Farukh Ahmed, general secretary of 'United Citizens Movement', Cultural activist Asaduzzaman Noor MP, Abdul Ahad Choudhury, Chairman of Freedom Fighters Association, Nasiruddin Yousuf, president Sammilito Sangskritik Jote, woemn activist Shirin Akhter, convener of Nari Sangram Committee and Local leaders of the civil society. Mohiuddin Ahmed, the Mayor of Chittagong was the chief guest of the rally, which was attended by more than fifty thousand people came from different part of the city with colourful banners and festoons.
About the rally Mayor Mahiuddin Ahmed said, this grand rally was not organized by any political party. Citizens from all walks of life came here to express their grievances against the four party alliance govt. The speakers of the rally who came from Dhaka are not only well reputed in Bangladesh but also known in the international arena for their contribution in respective areas.
Writer journalist Shahriar Kabir said, 'Combined Citizens' Movement' a federal body of nearly hundred socio-cultural-professional and human rights organizations is going to lunch an all out movement for resignation of CEC MA Jalil and his associates. The alliance govt. led by Khaleda-Nizami incited more than hundred Islamic Militant organizations to destroy secular democratic spirit of Bangladesh's liberation war. Khaleda Zia is playing with the highly venomous snake of fundamentalism, at the end that won't spare even her.
Prof. Anupam Sen, president of the rally said, if we want to resist fundamentalism and communalism we have to reinstate '72's constitution that adopted secularism as one of the four basic principle of People's Republic of Bangladesh.
'Combined Citizens' Movement' (CCR) was formed in 2 August '06 at a conference to unmask present govt., to build up awareness among the people regardings their day to day problem and to launch a movement against Islamic militancy, communal persecution and gross violation of human rights. CCM will hold the next rally in Rajshahi, which will be followed by other rallies in different divisional head quarters including the capital.