Local leaders of major political parties have reached in a consensus that they will work for establishing dignity, security, social diversity, peace and communal harmony everywhere in the society collectively, reports BSS.
To this end, the leaders like Upazila unit president of Bangladesh Awami League Anwar Hossain, Upazila unit president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Abu Sayeed Chand and Upazila unit president of Jatiya Party Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury signed a code of conduct agreement.
Citizens for Good Governance (CGG) and the Hunger Project Bangladesh (THPB) jointly organized the contract signing programme at Farhat Alauddin Model School auditorium in Charghat Upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.
People Against Violence in Elections (PAVE) project supported the event where more than 100 people from civil and police administrations and other stakes attended.
With Peace Ambassador of Citizens Society to prevent violence Saiful Islam Badsha in the chair, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdus Samad, Officer-in-Charge of Charghat Police Station Nibaran Chandra Barman, CGG local unit President Prof Rafiqul Alam and the contract signing political leaders spoke on the occasion.
THPB Regional Coordinator Subrata Kumar Paul and PAVE Project Manager Soykat Shubhra Aich also spoke.
The discussants unequivocally opined restoring social harmony has become imperative for the sake of institutionalization of democracy coupled with establishing good governance everywhere in the society.
Responsive and positive role by all quarters is very important for maintaining peace and social harmony towards taking forward the country collectively.
For the sake of building the nation as peaceful motherland, all conscious, patriotic and peace-loving people should come forward and work together.
They said the nation would get rid of conflicts and confusion if the people of the society as well as the state machineries took a positive approach to establish peace and amity from their own position.
If necessary, they would also take steps to build a national unity to free the nation from the clutches of conflicts, feud and violence.