Feuding in BCL, again

The internecine conflict within Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) keeps surfacing intermittently leading to sporadic eruption of violence on different university campuses. Earlier these prompted a flurry of action among the top leadership of the ruling Awami League. Even the prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina would issue serious warnings to the student body to behave, followed by expulsions at different levels of its leadership which would result in a temporary lull. Some probe bodies, too, were formed but few of those came up with any concrete results. Neither did those leave any impact on the behaviour of BCL. In the latest outbreak of violence at the Mohsin Hall of Dhaka University (DU), which caused injury to around 70 students, the circumstances point to that direction. Alarmingly, in most of these turf-wars within BCL, lethal weapons including firearms are being used with abandon. That should provide enough reason for the ruling Awami League not to look at BCL feuds purely from the angle of organisational discipline but beyond it, reflecting on the credibility of the government. It is a serious law and order issue and deserves to be dealt with accordingly. Mohammed Jashim Uddin Dhaka E-mail: juctg2008@gmail.com