Protestors continue quota reform movement

Staff Correspondent: A faction of the students and job-seeking youths continued the quota reform movement on Dhaka University campus on Tuesday.

The protestors of the faction started to gather on the foot of Raju Sculpture from 12 noon on Tuesday and brought out a procession on the campus.

They rejected the decision to postpone the demonstration demanding reforms of the quota system in public service, following talks with the government.

They demanded to reform quota within seven days downsizing it from a whopping 56 percent to 10 percent.

The demonstrators also protested the police attack on general students, demanded an apology from Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury for her comments in the parliament on Monday night and questioned the role of media.

Meanwhile, earlier this morning protesters who were leading the movement for quota reforms in public service recruitment requested all to ignore the call of the divergent faction who were still continuing the agitation.

Rashed Khan, joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Forum, came up with the request while briefing reporters in front of Dhaka University Central Library premises.

He alleged that a faction, from the beginning of the movement, was trying to spoil their programme.

Rashed also said that they have suspended their movement until May 7 following the assurance from the prime minister on quota reformation.

He also requested journalists not to cover any programme of the divergent faction as that might create confusions among people.



risingbd/Dhaka/April 10, 2018/Yeamin/Mukul