Even after the Supreme Court’s order, the situation in Bangladesh did not return to normal. The movement is still going on. A group of protesting students has put several more demands on the government. As a result, curfews are still in place in Bangladesh. The Internet is not working. The police are making arrests on charges of violence. More than 500 people were arrested in Dhaka alone on Sunday. Most of them are alleged to be BNP activists.
The student movement that started demanding quota reform in Bangladesh got some resolution on Sunday. The highest court in the country has ordered the quota reform. The reservation of descendants of freedom fighters in government jobs has been reduced. It has been said that 93 percent of the recruitment in Bangladesh will be based on merit. The remaining seven percent of seats will be reserved. Among them, descendants of freedom fighters will get a five percent reservation, and backwards classes and disabled people will get a one percent reservation.
The quota reform movement started in Bangladesh, demanding the complete removal of reservations for the descendants of freedom fighters. But the court did not give that order. Despite this, it can be said that the demands of the students have been accepted. But even after that verdict on Sunday, the unrest did not stop in Bangladesh. A curfew has been imposed by the government. Internet services have been suspended in large parts of the country since last Thursday. Curfew is sometimes relaxed for one to two hours. Citizens are collecting their daily necessities during that time.
The resignation of ministers is one of the demands still raised by the protesters in Bangladesh. A movement is going on, demanding the resignation of several ministers. Many students are alleged to have gone missing during the quota reform movement. The agitators said that they should also be returned. On Monday, the two coordinators of the student movement, Abdul Hannan Masud and Mahin Sarkar, warned the government to fulfil the four-point demand.
Among the four-point demands are: stop harassment of protesting students in different parts of the country; immediate return of missing persons and an explanation as to why they were ‘disappeared’; resignation of ministers involved in the violence and initiation of an interim enquiry against them; and posts of BCL leaders involved in the violence. removal from and punishment.
