Leaders determined in Four-point demand

The movement leaders were resolute in their 4-point demand as the government was compelled to issue a gazette notification on quota reform on July 23 last year amid stiff student resistance, reports BSS.
The government issued circular keeping provision of 93 per cent recruitment on merit in government services and five per cent for freedom fighters' descendants, one per cent for ethnic minorities and one per cent for persons with disabilities and third-gender.
According to the circular, the provision will be applied to all recruitments from the 9th grade to the 20th grade at government, semi-government, autonomous, semi-autonomous, statutory bodies and different corporations.
But the anti-discrimination student movement leaders reiterated their four-point demands at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) with a 48-hour ultimatum, saying that it will facilitate the way for dialogue with the government over their pre-declared "eight-point" demand.
The four-point demands included the full restoration of internet access nationwide, the immediate withdrawal of the curfew, removal of law enforcement personnel from educational institutions and reopening of all residential halls to create a safe and conducive environment for academic activities, and ensuring safety and security for all coordinators of the quota reform movement across the country.
Sarjis Alam, a key coordinator of the quota reform movement, presented the demands at the press conference and said the fulfillment of these demands would open the door for dialogue with the government.
At the press conference, it was also revealed that three movement leaders Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Abu Baker Mojumdar and Rifat Rashid remained missing since July 18.