Staff Correspondent
Quota reform protestors gathered in front of the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus on Monday to hold a rally protesting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's remarks about their movement.
Some protestors alleged that when some quota activists were arriving to join the rally from Eden Mohila College, some Chhatra League leaders of the college unit obstructed them by locking the entrance, triggering a clash around 12:30pm.
Later they came out of the college with the help of some Dhaka College students.
Students of Dhaka University and other universities and colleges across the country erupted in protest late on Sunday, sparked by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's criticism of the movement opposing the reinstatement of quotas in government jobs.
Students from Dhaka University, responding to a call from the Students Against Discrimination movement, took to the streets in a protest march at around 10:45pm. Students from all dorms, including the women's halls, participated in the march.
Earlier in the afternoon, during a press conference at Ganabhaban regarding her visit to China, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticized those opposing quotas for freedom fighters' descendants.
"If the grandchildren of freedom fighters do not get jobs, then will the grandchildren of Razakars get them?" she asked.
