The protest movement of students against the quota system in Bangladesh has taken a very dangerous form. After the riots intensified on Friday, the government has imposed a nationwide curfew and called in the army. The administration has also cut off mobile phone services and cut telecommunication connections in many places.
Bangladesh’s private TV channels were already taken off air on Friday.
According to the news agency AFP, 105 people have been killed in three days of unrest. Hundreds of people have been injured, including more than 100 police personnel. At least three people died on Friday.
On Wednesday, students set fire to the building where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid addressed the nation while sitting in the studios of Bangladesh’s state TV. The British news agency has said that the broadcasting of Bangladesh’s official TV has stopped. Dozens of motorcycles parked in the premises of the government TV building were also set on fire by the protesters.
Later, private TV channels were also taken off air.
There have been dozens of clashes between students and the police demanding amendments to the laws against the quota system in government jobs.
Hackers have attacked the websites of the Central Bank and the Prime Minister’s Office.
In view of the rapidly deteriorating situation in Bangladesh, Pakistani students have been instructed to stay in their rooms in the hostel.
The situation in Bangladesh is also related to Pakistan and the 1971 war. There is a quota in government jobs for the relatives of Bangladeshis, members of the Mukti Bahini, who fought against the Pakistani army in 1971. Because of this quota, jobs are not saved for other people and against this, a protest started in Bangladesh, on which pro-Awami League students attacked the protestors and a clash started.
Opposition political parties in Bangladesh are also supporting the student movement. The movement started against the quota system is now apparently turning into an anti-government movement. Sheikh Hasina Wajid was elected as the Prime Minister for the fourth consecutive time in January 2024. Neutral observers and political parties have alleged that the Awami League has made it possible to enter the Houses of power for the fourth time in a row by rigging on a large scale.
International institutions have also increased pressure on Sheikh Hasina Wajid. He says that the government should talk to the protesting students to find a way to rectify the situation. Sheikh Hasina Wajid says that the students can be talked to only when they give up the protest and show their faith in the judicial system.
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2024-07-25 15:27:34
