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Student protesters reject PM’s call for dialogue
Updated On: 04 August, 2024 07:05 AM IST | Dhaka | Agencies
Political turmoil intensifies in Bangladesh as student leaders turn down PM Hasina’s invitation to discuss country’s controversial quota system and put an end to protests
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Anti-Discrimination Student Movement rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. PIC/PTI
Tension gripped Bangladesh afresh on Saturday after student movement leaders refused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s invitation for talks. At the same time, protesters laid siege on major streets in the capital, days after more than 200 people died in anti-quota protests. On Friday, Prime Minister Hasina urged the agitating students to meet at her Ganabhaban official residence for talks to end the violence over the quota system in government jobs.
“I am saying again, they (student leaders) can come to me for talks if they want they can bring with them their guardians as well anytime,” said Hasina during a meeting with leaders of different professional groups. “I want to listen to them. I do not want conflict,” she further stated. Meanwhile, two police officials were suspended by higher authorities for their unprofessional conduct. The officials had fired gunshots that killed a second-year student of Northwestern Rangpur University Abu Sayeed, the first casualty during the protest on the university campus, intensifying the student’s rage.
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