The students of Dhaka University (DU) have taken position at Shahbag intersection for the fourth consecutive day demanding the reinstatement of the 2018 circular regarding quota. Shahbagh has become immobilized, Vehicles are using alternate roads, due to their blockade in the area.
Students from each hall of the university gathered in front of the Central Library of Dhaka University under different banners at 3 pm on Saturday. Later, they took a huge procession from there through Hall premises-VC Square-TSC-Bakshibazar-BUET-Eden College-Home Economics-Neelkhet-TSC and stopped at Shahbagh intersection at 5 pm.
During this time, the students kept shouting slogans like 'blockade, block, Shahbagh block', ‘one demand, one demand, quota not come back' etc.
This time the students are continuing their movement with 4 point demands. The demands are:
1. Cancellation of quota system announced in 2018 and retention of merit based recruitment circular.
2. Expeditious abolition of unreasonable and discriminatory quotas in all grades of government jobs (except for underprivileged and disabled ones) by constituting a commission subject to the circular being upheld.
3. Quota facility cannot be availed more than once in the recruitment examination of government jobs and in case of non-availability of qualified candidates in the quota, recruitment will be done on merit basis.
4. Taking effective measures to ensure a corruption-free, impartial and merit-based bureaucracy.
Bd pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
