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We want this identity of ours recognized in the constitution.\u201d Amal Chakma said in his address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said \u201cWe had to suffer so much in terms of military repression, land alienation and genocides and we still continue to do so because the framers of the constitution had refused to acknowledge our separate identity in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want it to be repeated this time around.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDF leader Animesh Chakma said, \u201cThe demand of autonomy is something that we all the Jummas hold dear to us. It was first raised in the national parliament in 1972 by M. N. Larma, the then MP from Chittagong Hill Tracts. But the demand fell on the deaf ears of the ruling elites of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further said, \u201cThere are many countries in Europe and Asia &#8212; such as UK, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Greenland, Indonesia, Philippines, China, India to name a few \u2013 where the regions inhabited by national minorities have been granted autonomous status, and the people of these areas enjoy a wide range of powers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Bangladesh should learn from these countries and let the people of CHT live the way they want, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference unanimously endorsed a set of 11 point demands and the constitutional amendment proposals articulated by UPDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chtnews.comNews No. 134\/2010, September 03, 2010 A conference of Headmen and Karbaris (village heads) of Rangamati district has called upon the government to declare the Chittagong Hill Tracts as an autonomous region. 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