Quader urges quota protesters to be patient 

 Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged the quota protesters to be patient.

The Appellate Division has given a four-week status quo on the judgment of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court on keeping quota in government jobs. After this order of the Appellate Division, there is no effectiveness of the judgment of the High Court Division now. So, there is no justification for the students' movement to continue. 

Obaidul Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said this in a statement on Friday.

“If the students continue this movement, the suffering of the commoners will increase. Public suffering is being created. If the people become hostage to this movement, they will lose confidence in the students,” he said.

 “No logical demand was ever ignored by the Awami League. Bangladesh Awami League is always working to build a welfare and prosperous state by bearing the hopes and aspirations of the people,” he said.

 “We call upon the young students not to be abused as political tools. At the final hearing, lawyers in favour of the agitating students have the opportunity to present their arguments further”, he said.

Mentioning that the apex court of the country will resolve the matter after final hearing, he hoped that the court would take into account the grievances of the agitating students during the final hearing and would pronounce a realistic final judgment and the matter will be settled.

Quader said once a movement is waged, the BNP-Jamaat and their allies want to use it as a tool aiming to assume power and now they are carrying out their ill-attempts capitalizing on the quota movement.