[4] Palli Bidyut Unnayan Sangram Parishad stands for 'the action committee for rural power development' in Bengali.
[7] Bangladesh Police arrested leaders of Palli Bidyut Unnayan Sangram Parishad, Golam Rabbani, Zahir Chowdhury, and Manirul Islam Manna.
[9] Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Mahbubul Alam, president of Krishak Dal Upazila unit,[5] was killed in the protests and his family members filed a case against Golam Robbani and others.
Bangladesh High Court sought an explanation over the police firing that resulted in 10 casualties following a petition represented by Dr Kamal Hossain.
[10] Convenor of Kansat Palli Bidyut Unnayan Sangram, Golam Robbani, blamed Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician Mizanur Rahman Minu and Shahjahan Miah for the violence during the protest which resulted in 13 deaths.
He also said he feared for his life after he heard credible information that a local Member of Parliament sought to have him killed extrajudicially through using law enforcement.
Golam Rabbani, who had served as Convenor of Kansat Palli Bidyut Unnayan Sangram, announced on 18 August 2006 he intended to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections.
[14] Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh claimed in 2009 that they participated in the protests and had contact with a leader of the Kansat Palli Bidyut Unnayan Sangram.