On 4 August 2014, a memorandum demanding for implementation of CHT Accord, cancellation of the initiative for amendment to the three Hill District Council Acts and enactment of CHT Development Board Act and to postpone the initiative for establishment of University of Science & Technology and Medical College in Rangamati was submitted to the Prime Minister through the concerned Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) by the Jumma inhabitants of all walks of life in Baghaichari upazila and Kaukhali upazila under Rangamati district.
In a bid to foil the rally, the programs pre-arranged by PCJSS in Baghaichari and Kaukhali upazilas on 4 August 2014, UPDF, the anti-CHT Accord terrorist organization and the Reformist Group called meetings at the same venues at same hours on the same day. This facilitated the administration to prevent the people from holding rally by imposing Section 144 in those areas.
The people who came to join the rally promptly undertook a program to stage demonstration and rally at Baghaichari Upazila Ground, which would be followed by submission of a memorandum. With an ill view to foiling the program, the Reformist Group gave a call instantly for a gathering at same place and at the same time on that day. Taking the advantage, the administration prevented the people from holding the program and imposed Section-144 effecting from dawn to 10:00 pm on that day.
On the other side, UPDF, the Anti-CHT Accord element in collaboration with the local administration, gave a sudden call for gathering at the same venue and at the same hour on that day in Kaukhali upazila. Now, it was the turn for the administration to impose Section-144 to obtain a legal coverage of its ulterior motive.
However, in both the cases, memorandums were submitted through the Upazila Councils ? though not after staging agitation and rally.
PCJSS expressed strong protestation and condemnation over such counter-Jumma-interest move so brazenly exhibited by the Anti-CHT Accord-terrorist-outfit UPDF and Reformist Group. With the ill-design perpetrated by UPDF and Reformist Group, once again, it has been proved that the duo has adopted role of the Fifth Column to impede the Accord implementation process and to supplement the ‘blue print’ of the ruling class and the quarters of vested interest with an objective to bring extinction to the very entity of Jumma race.