Staff Correspondent
In response to attacks allegedly carried out by Chhatra League on students demanding quota reform, the Students Against Discrimination movement has called for protests on campuses across the country on Tuesday, as the ruling Awami League’s student wing is set to hold its own protests.
One of the coordinators of the student movement, Nahid Islam, announced the protest plans during a press conference on Monday, near Dhaka University’s Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Hall.
Quota reform: Brac, NSU students block roads in DhakaQuota reform: Brac, NSU students block roads in Dhaka
Meanwhile, Chhatra League President Saddam Hussain, while talking with the media at the Raju Memorial Sculpture later that night, declared that his organization would also hold protests at 1:30pm the same day at all universities nationwide.
Tens of thousands of students have been demonstrating across Bangladesh for several days, demanding the abolition of quotas in favour of a merit-based system for civil service jobs.
US condemns violence against quota reform protesters in BangladeshUS condemns violence against quota reform protesters in Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday posed a question saying if the grandchildren of freedom fighters did not get jobs, would the grandchildren of Razakars get them?
Quota reform protestors gathered in front of the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus the next day to hold a rally protesting the remark and demanding she withdraw it.
The protests soon turned violent as the demonstrators came under attack at campuses across the country.
