Monday, November 7, 2011

JnU students rampage demanding repeal clause

imageDhaka University unit Chhatra League activists student beat when Jagannath went students on Sunday on the road to the Supreme Court building in protest against State funding rules for the University. -New-age-photo

Bdnews24.com. Dhaka

The police of the High Court have to charged with batons, to distribute hundreds of students of the University of Jagannath, blocking of roads close to require removal of funding generally, which has angered.

The police action Sunday came on after they were driving, to ignore repeated calls to the authorities on the streets.

Has the police of his last almost two hours protests, 14: 00 to move, to distribute them.

You smashed at least a dozen vehicles, and not less than six to arrest police, students from the scene.

Deputy Police Chief Krishnapada Roy said Dhaka City, she had no other options but go for measures such as the students ignored its repeated calls.

"We asked them to leave the road several times and go back to their campus and peacefully demonstrate." But when she began vandalising vehicles and the police had to act ", he told reporters."

The students said she wanted to that immediate withdrawal of a clause of the University Act, which says the institution is not eligible for any Government funding.

Earlier, JnU Vice-Chancellor Professor Mesbah Uddin Ahmad visited the demonstrating students at 13: 30, and urged them to free the streets. The students refused.

The students, which continues to shown on the University campus, before they marched through the streets at 11: 30 to reach above the High Court Division.

During the business hours of protests, position on the streets around the roundabout between the National Press Club and the High Court took the students and chanted slogans urging withdrawal of the clause.

The protests broke to out, after they came from a newspaper report learn, provided that the Jagannath University Act 2005, that the University must maintain funds themselves.

The protest concerned area paralyzed times how traffic movement had come to a halt.

Jagannath University proctor Ashok Kumar Saha said: 'Article 27 (4) of the Jagannath University Act - 2005 says that the University authority have to earn the cost of the operation of the University itself.'

"We hold discussions with the Government, has the effect of this clause because their implementation would tuition hike and it is a little difference of Jagannath University with other private initiatives," he added.

The students claimed that their semester fees of TK 3,500 TK 20,000 increase you sales of the University had to be increased.

Requests the students include also recovery which set up University dormitories, library and the transportation facilities.

Earlier, the students smashed vehicles to the University area.

Activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League Jagannath University was unit supposed to beat police and disperse the angry students, blocked the traffic on the street in front of the National Press Club.

A group of 10 to 12 BCL activists were against the protesters and she hindered photograph press corps, who beat them tried a demonstrator at the Shikkha Bhaban.

The BCL activists with the demonstrators at the beginning was but became angry when she beat the students about their request to demonstrate, by leaving the road.

BCL Jagannath University unit convener Saiful Islam Akhand, however denied the claim. 'Those who had beaten protesters not Chhatra League belong to,' he told the news agency.

The Education Minister said the decision on the financing of Jagannath University are demanding abolition of self-financing would determine after consultation with all stakeholders, hours after his students roads blocked and vandalized vehicles.

But Nurul Islam Nahid criticized their vandalising cars.

The Minister told journalists in the Secretariat, ' I with the Vice-Chancellor of the University and the University Grants Commission spoke. We will find a way to solve this problem by talking to everyone.'

He also stressed that the relevant legislation will be changed, needs to resolve this issue, but could not specify how long it will take.

Question whether the law will be changed to the Minister said, 'I can't say whether it be changed unless a decision is made after talks.',

"We are not releasing their Reasons…with education costs rise, students have the right, worried," the Minister said.

But vandalism can not the answer, Nahid said, ' caused such disease by the destruction of property of the people damage the image of students. "

Increase the universities urging their internal sales, Nahid, said "It is not possible to develop everything with funds from the Government."

He added that the students also the universities increase should help.


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