JU students issue 48hrs ultimatum to ban politics on campus

A community of Jahangirnagar University college students be pleased issued a forty eight-hour ultimatum to ban every develop of politics on the campus.

The faculty students issued the ultimatum at a relate march in entrance of the Shaheed Minar sq. at 3:00pm with a one-point quiz to ban on-campus politics.

They referred to as on the college administration to urgently shield a syndicate assembly within the next forty eight hours and impose the ban, our JU correspondent reports.

The name from JU college students comes following the lynching of primitive Chhatra League leader Shamim Mollah, additionally a primitive JU pupil, on the campus earlier this week.

Speakers at this present day’s relate programme acknowledged allegations be pleased risen that Chhatra Dal activists had been fascinated by the lynching of Shamim.

Now not less than 5 Chhatra Dal activists are accused of being fascinated by the incident.

“We stop not are searching out for to be sure by a brand new chain after breaking a ways off from the ancient chains,” acknowledged one speaker.

Also speaking on the occasion, ancient past division pupil Shakil Islam acknowledged, “When the new vice-chancellor used to be appointed, we met him. He promised to stop whatever the college students desire. All college students, including myself, desire an end to pupil politics. We desire the authorities to fulfil our quiz as quickly as conceivable.”

Advertising and marketing and marketing division pupil Imran Shahriar acknowledged, “We are searching out for to perceive when authorities will ban pupil politics and shield the Jahangirnagar University Central Student Union election.”

Mentioning that no instances had been filed over the attacks on college students and teachers on the JU campus on 15 and 17 July, he acknowledged, “We desire the vice-chancellor’s words on when the instances shall be filed… We desire politics by college students, teachers, and workers banned within forty eight hours.”

Newly appointed JU VC Prof Kamrul Ahsan later arrived at the relate march.

“After being appointed because the vice-chancellor, I attempted to prioritise comparatively more crucial initiatives. Several administrative posts within the college had been vacant. These had been filled on the 17th. We’re going to have the choice to make a name on the demands of the college students subsequent Sunday. We’re going to have the choice to utterly prioritise the demands of the college students,” he acknowledged on the occasion.

The faculty students left the placement following assurance from the VC.

Anti-Discrimination Student Motion ‘rejected’

In the meantime, college students at the relate programme additionally rejected the Anti-Discrimination Student Motion, which spearheaded the July insurrection that noticed the ouster of the Awami League-led authorities.

JU college students acknowledged the anti-discrimination movement platform used to be created to bag rid of all discrimination that plagued the Awami regime.

However, they acknowledged some coordinators of the platform are literally working birth air the interests of faculty students.

JU’s English Department pupil Hafizur Rahman acknowledged, “I actively participated within the anti-discrimination movement. I used to be hospitalised for a month with injuries acquired true via the movement. No coordinators reached out to me true via this time. When my just correct friend Shakil obtained hit with bullets, no person referred to as him.”

He went on to claim that about a days earlier, one other pupil had died whereas maintaining the coordinators from the attacks of Ansar movement.

“… The coordinators laid him to relaxation, and came to the spotlight by holding meetings. However no person later communicated with the deceased’s family.”

Hafiz demanded that the JU unit of the Anti-Discrimination Student Motion be dissolved straight away.

“If basic, the coordinators can resign. Otherwise, they are able to even be compelled to resign. Fashioned college students will arrangement them stop it. We are not on the left nor on the categorical. We are searching out for to total pupil politics,” he acknowledged.

Student politics banned true via campuses

In the meantime, the Dhaka University authorities the previous day (18 September) banned all political activities on campus for an indefinite period following the lynching of a formative years on suspicion of theft.

Besides, a few universities and scientific colleges be pleased additionally banned on-campus politics true via and after the Anti-Discrimination Student Motion.

Such academic institutions contain the Rajshahi University, Comilla University, Begum Rokeya University, Dhaka Medical School Sanatorium, Chittagong Medical School, Sir Salimullah Medical School, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology,  Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Noakhali University of Science and Technology, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, and the Bangladesh Textile University.

Besides, pupil politics used to be additionally banned at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology following the killing of Abrar Fahad on the campus.