Chhatra Dal extends support to SUST protesting students

The wave of protests against the vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has reached the Dhaka University campus, reports UNB.

On Thursday morning, Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal brought out a rally on the campus, demanding the resignation of SUST VC professor Farid Uddin and the withdrawal of a police case filed against the protesting students of the university.

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal is the student wing of de facto opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Referring to the arrest of retired professor Tajmeri Islam (considered pro-BNP) at the rally, Chhatra Dal president Fazlur Rahman Khokon said, “We have seen that she was sent to jail in a false case.”

“And earlier, professor Morshed was sacked just for subscribing to nationalist ideology. University teachers and students are being tortured this way,” he added.

Fazlur also came down heavily on the SUST VC and the police for booking the students protesting on their campus. “We demand the withdrawal of the case immediately.”

“Moreover, if the SUST VC does not resign, the students will embark on a movement demanding the resignation of the government,” he added.