Chhatro-league blockade suspended in CU, class-examination is going on

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The strike called by a section of Chittagong University branch Chatra League has been suspended to demand the reorganization and expansion of the committee by excluding married people and service workers. Yesterday, Monday midnight, they announced the suspension of the blockade.

Classes and exams are going on normally in the university on Tuesday after the suspension of the blockade was announced. Buses for teachers, officials and students and shuttle trains for students have also been normalized

About the suspension of the blockade, the leader of the Varsity Express side and vice-president of the Chhatra League, Pradeep Chakraborty told that their leader has withdrawn the blockade on the assurance of former city mayor AJM Nashir Uddin. He (Nashir) said that he would discuss with them the three demands of exclusion of married and working people, enlargement of the committee and evaluation of deposed leaders-workers. In view of this, they have suspended the blockade so that the common students do not suffer any more.

The leaders and activists of a section of the branch Chhatra League started the siege by locking the main gate of the campus from Monday morning. Shuttle trains, buses of teachers and officials were stopped. The university practically came to a standstill. Ordinary students suffered due to the sudden blockade. 10 exams of 8 categories were postponed.

According to university sources, at around 5:30 a.m. yesterday morning, a group of leaders and workers first locked the gate of the transport pool. They also took the keys of some buses. Then around seven in the morning the main gate of the campus was locked. At the same time, another group of leaders and activists also blocked two shuttle trains located at Sholashahar and Jhautla in the city, about 20 kilometers away from the campus. There were thousands of students in that train. Then around nine o'clock in the morning, leaders and workers protested by burning tires on the campus. Give slogans. However, the main gate was unlocked at the request of Proctor Rabiul Hasan Bhuiyan around 12:30 PM.

According to the sources of the Controller of Examinations, there were 16 final examinations of at least 14 departments of different years yesterday. Later, as hundred percent of the students appeared, the examination of 6 sections was held. And 10 exams of 8 categories were postponed. The departments are Fisheries, Computer Science and Engineering, Communication and Journalism, Microbiology, Pali, Arabic, Accounting and Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

Bangladesh Chhatro League  affiliates Varsity Express, Banglar Mukha, Epitaph, Red Signal, Concorde and Ulka protested in the beginning. All the leaders and workers of these parties are known as followers of former city mayor AJM Nashir Uddin. At one stage they were joined by the leaders and activists of Bijay who are known as followers of Deputy Education Minister Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury.

This is the second time that the university has come to a standstill due to the dispute of the BCL committee. Earlier, on July 31 midnight, the central office of the Chhatra League announced a full committee of 376 members at the Chittagong University branch. After the announcement of the committee, the deposed leaders and activists vandalized about 30 rooms of four halls. On that day and night, the leaders and workers of Vijaya called for a siege by locking the main gate. The blockade continued till 11:30 on August 2. Due to this, 11 final exams of 9 departments were postponed at that time.

Branch Chhatra League president Rezaul Haque told , 'Not everyone involved in Chhatra League politics will get a post. A few employees will drop out—that's normal. If anyone has any complaints, they can discuss with the central committee. can talk It is by no means desirable to call for a blockade without doing that.'

Branch BCL general secretary Iqbal Hossain said that the dispute over the committee is a matter for BCL. It is not desirable for common students to suffer with this. The issue of increasing the committee is in the hands of the central committee.

Later, Vice President of BCL Central Committee Sohan Khan told  that the Central BCL President and Secretary did not investigate when the committee was appointed. The committee did not accept seniority. Due to this, such problems have occurred in Chittagong University. However, what the leaders and workers are doing by stopping the campus is unfair. The matter should be addressed quickly.

University Proctor Rabiul Hasan Bhuiyan told  that the situation of the university is now under control. Buses of teachers, officials, employees and shuttle train movement of students are normal. The authorities will decide on the blockaders today.

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