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Quota reinstatement

Students stage demo tomorrow

July 02, 2024 00:00:00


Students of Dhaka University (DU), Jagannath University (JnU) and seven colleges and all colleges of Dhaka (under the National University) will stage demonstrations on July 3 and 4 protesting reinstatement of quota in government jobs, reports UNB. .

Students announced the protest programme in front of the Anti-Terrorism Raju sculpture On Dhaka University campus on Monday demanding the restoration of the 2018 circular abolishing quota in government jobs.

The agitating students of DU brought out a procession from the central library to the Raju sculpture on Monday morning.

Nahid Hasan, a student, said," We will again start our movement to restore the 2018 circular. I urge students to join us in this movement and coordinate with us."

He said they will start march from Dhaka University's central library on Tuesday.

He also expressed solidarity with the teachers' movement demanding cancellation of the pension scheme notification.

Asif Mahmud, another student, said under the banner of 'Anti-Discrimination Student Movement', protest progammes were arranged simultaneously across the country on Monday to press for a four-point demand, including the restoration of the circular of 2018.

"We will go for stricter programmes like blockade if the demands are not realised and discriminatory quota system is not abolished," he said.

After the rally, the agitating students went to the proctor's office and demanded the continuation of necessary services for all the students of the university amid the' strike of teachers and officials.

Medical and library services remained closed today due to an all-out strike enforced by teachers and officials, demanding cancellation of the Universal Pension Scheme.

UNB reports: The students of Jagannath University held a protest march and human chain on the day, demanding cancellation of 'unfair' and 'illogical' quota system.


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