{"id":62292,"date":"2025-07-02T04:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deshmediabd.com\/?p=62292"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:53:33","slug":"2-july-2024-campuses-across-the-country-unite-against-irrational-quotas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deshnews24.info\/?p=62292","title":{"rendered":"2 July 2024: Campuses across the country unite against \u2018irrational quotas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Although the court ruling invalidating the previous circular from 2018 on cancelling quotas for children of freedom fighters and others in government jobs actually came in early June, the student protests against the court ruling \u2014 which eventually toppled Sheikh Hasina \u2014 actually intensified starting from July 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-ub-tbsnews.net_1706867223147\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">All campuses in Bangladesh rose up on 1 July with rallies and programmes, and that continued on 2 July as well. Nahid Islam, coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination, announced a rally in front of Dhaka University&#8217;s central library at 2:30pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&#8220;We urge students of all colleges and universities across the country to observe the programme under the banner at the same time,&#8221; he said. Students across Bangladeshi universities responded by staging rallies against the court&#8217;s quota decision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hide-for-print mb-20 text-center \">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-tbs_lb_snd_middle-wrapper\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22016589449\/TBS-LB-SND-Middle\/ai_u1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hide-for-print mb-20 text-center \">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMIivlQsw2ZKrAw?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/sites\/all\/themes\/sloth\/images\/google_news.svg\" alt=\"The Business Standard Google News\" \/>\u00a0Keep updated, follow The Business Standard&#8217;s Google news channel<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section-media position-relative\">\n<div class=\"caption text-justify\">NCP Convener Md Nahid Islam. File Photo: Collected<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"float-box pull-right\"><p>&#8220;We are not speaking specifically against the freedom fighter quota. Rather, we are speaking out against all irrational quotas, including the special treatment given to descendants. It is important to remember that the freedom fighter quota and the spirit of the Liberation War are not the same thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-title\">Nahid Islam<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Students at Jahangirnagar University, in particular, blocked the Dhaka\u2013Aricha highway, resulting in a massive traffic jam on both sides in and out of Dhaka. They had also blocked the road the previous day, replicating the same long tailbacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Students of Rajshahi University also staged a demonstration on 2 July, forming a human chain on the university&#8217;s Paris Road.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hide-for-print mb-20 text-center \">\n<div id=\"dfp-ad-tbs_rectangle_snd_mobile-wrapper\" class=\"dfp-tag-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">At Dhaka University, students of Dhaka College also joined, and later jointly blocked the Shahbagh intersection. Following the blockade, the students marched towards the DU vice-chancellor&#8217;s bungalow and ended the day&#8217;s programme there.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbsnews.net\/features\/panorama\/2-july-2024-campuses-across-country-unite-against-irrational-quotas-1178806\">\u09ac\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u09a4\u09be\u09b0\u09bf\u09a4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the court ruling invalidating the previous circular from 2018 on cancelling quotas for children of freedom fighters and others in government jobs actually came in early June, the student protests against the court ruling \u2014 which eventually toppled Sheikh Hasina \u2014 actually intensified starting from July 2024. 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