The Chakma National Council of India (CNCI) Tripura state committee on Tuesday observed August 17 as ‘Black Day’ to protest against the alleged torture and attacks being carried out over the community living in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh and demanded justice from International Court of Justice. The day was observed at Kanchanpur Srirampur English Medium School on Tuesday.
The decision to observe August 17 as ‘Black Day’ was taken in the first national conference of the Chakma National Council of India held on 24th & 25th March 2016 in Guwahati, Assam. Since then, this ‘Black Day’ has been observed in various Chakma inhabited areas in India.
The CNCI viewed that there has been the illegal reward of 98.5 percent non-Muslim Chittagong Hill Tracts to erstwhile Pakistan during the partition in 1947. “In fact, the 17th August 1947 was an extremely miserable and nightmare night for all indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and the beginning of another dark chapter in history,” CNCI stated in its press communique.
CNCI state committee vice-president Anirudra Chakma, General secretary Uday Jyoti Chakma, Tripura Chakma Student Association general secretary Subal Chakma among others remained present in the protest programme.
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