Pahari Jubo Forum's 2th Central Council Sessions in Chittagong

The Pahari Jubo Forum (Hill Youth Forum), a front organisation of the United Democratic Front, will hold its 2nd central council session tomorrow May 13 in Chittagong.

Earlier the council was scheduled to be held on April 5 in Lakshmichari in Khagrachari district, but it had to be postponed at the last minute as the military threatened not to hold it there. The PJF Leaders hurriedly called a press conference in Chittagong press club and narrated to the journalists how the army prevented them from holding the council sessions in Lakshmichari.

The council session will start at 10 a. m. tomorrow. More than one hundred twenty delegates from across the Chittagong Hill Tracts as well as from Dhaka and Chittagong are expected to attend the session. It will be presided over by Apu Chakma, president of the organisation, and will review the activities undertaken during the last one year. The council delegates will also elect a new central committee for the next one-year term.

The council session will be followed by a rally, which will parade main streets of the port city.

Prepared by Press Section, Publications and Publicity Department, United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), May 12, 2005, Dhaka.