Students vow to resist child marriage in Gangachara

RANGPUR, Jan 25 (BSS): Students of Gangachara Degree College and Gangachara B M College at separate rallies have vowed for launching social movement to eradicate child marriage and repression on women and children.
Gangachara Public Library organised the rallies followed by discussions in these two institutions on Saturday as a part of its ongoing campaign against child marriage and signature collection programme in the upazila.
Students, teachers, guardians, youths, public representatives, adolescents, socio-cultural and women activists, marriage registrars, religious leaders and NGO activists took part in the colourful rallies that paraded the streets in the upazila town.
President of Gangachara Public Library Shakil Akbar presided over the post-rally discussions held separately at Gangachara Degree College and Gangachara B M College grounds.
Principal of Gangachara Degree College Nurun Nabi Rana, Upazila Family Planning Officer Shahadat Hossain, Lecturers Ali Mortuza and Shyamol Roy, President of Gangachara Press Club Shaju Ahmed, Sub-inspector Nurunnabi Pradhan, addressed.
Local elite Sabuz Ali, Convener of the Campaign Convening Committee Rafiur Rahman Pappu, General Secretary of Gangachara Public Library Asaduzzaman Tareq, a number of students of the educational institutions and local elite also addressed the discussions.