3 demands of former Chhatra League leaders to the Prime Minister

105 former BCL leaders of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have demanded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take necessary steps to accept the just demands of the agitating students demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed.

The call was made in a statement after an emergency virtual meeting of former leaders of SUST Chhatra League on Saturday.

Three demands were made to the Prime Minister, urging her to take immediate steps to resolve the crisis in the student movement. In the notification, they demanded to take immediate steps to break the hunger strike of the agitating students and accept their just demands.

Apart from this, the BCL leaders demanded that action be taken against those who has created an environment for police to attack the agitating students and to immediately withdraw the assault case filed by the police against the students.

The meeting was attended by the leaders and workers of the last batch starting from the first batch of SUST former Chhatra League. The four-hour long meeting discussed the campus situation in detail. In this, everyone expressed sympathy towards the agitating students.

In the anti-provost movement that started on the night of January 13, and on January 16, police fired batons, rubber bullets and sound grenades. 30 students were injured and after that the demand for resignation of the Vice-Chancellor arose. Authorities closed the university and ordered students to leave the hall. However, rejecting this decision, the students have continued their agitation including death hunger strike demanding the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor.