Indian Chakmas' memo to Dipankar Takulader protesting against support to the unacceptab
On 10 December 2011, 15 Indian Chakma civil society organizations submitted a joint “protest letter” to the visiting Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister of Bangladesh, Mr Dipankar Talukdar at Kamala Nagar, headquarters of Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in South Mizoram, protesting against his support to the unacceptable reference of the Chakmas and other indigenous peoples including Lushai, Tripuri, Garo etc as “Bengalees” in the recently amended Constitution of Bangladesh.
The Chakmas civil society organizations have demanded “a written assurance from you that upon your return to Bangladesh you will take all the necessary measures to impress upon the Shiekh Hasina government to recognize the Chakmas and other ethnic communities as “indigenous peoples” in the Constitution of Bangladesh.”
Following is the memorandum:
Memo Dipanakr- MZ Rama
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