Monday, December 1, 2008

Daily Star: Chittagong Hill Tracts and the missing Pahari vote

BURIED in the middle of the raja-raja war over elections is news of the ulu-khagra getting crushed. I first saw the news in an item in Shamokal: in a list of political parties denied registration, two names jumped out. UPDF (United Peoples Democratic Front) and PCJSS (Parbotto Chottogram Jonoshonghoti Samity) -- the only two large political parties representing the rights of the Pahari/Jumma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.>detail> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=65604

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