{"id":9351,"date":"2024-07-08T15:53:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=9351"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:53:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:23:44","slug":"quota-movement-dhaka-rajshahi-railway-blocked-from-12-to-4-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=9351","title":{"rendered":"Quota Movement: Dhaka-Rajshahi Railway Blocked from 12 to 4 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RU Correspondent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several hundred Rajshahi University (RU) students blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi railway at the Jamalpur flyover rail crossing at noon today, agitating for quota reform.<\/p>\n<p>The students initially gathered at the university&#8217;s Paris Road at 11 am. From there, they proceeded with a procession and took up positions on the railway.<\/p>\n<p>They demand to abolish unreasonable and discriminatory quotas in all grades of government jobs and reform the quota system by passing a law in parliament. They seek to reduce quotas for backward groups and those with special needs to a minimum level based on fairness.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, it can be seen that thousands of students from different departments are giving different slogans against quotas. Including, &#8216;Quota not merit, merit merit&#8217;, &#8216;Give news to the whole of Bengal, bury the quota system&#8217;, &#8216;Pakistan is not the country, the quota should be ended&#8217;, &#8216;Quota discrimination should be eradicated, the meritorious get freedom&#8217;, &#8216;Compromise not struggle, struggle&#8217; They protested with various slogans like &#8216;Struggle&#8217;, &#8217;18&#8217;s tool, let it roar again&#8217;, &#8216;Jegeche Re Jegeche, Chhatra Samaj has woken&#8217;, &#8216;There is no room for discrimination in Bangabandhu&#8217;s Bengal&#8217;, &#8216;Legeche Re Legeche, blood is on fire&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>One of the protestors, Mehdi, stated, &#8220;Like all of Bangladesh, we have continued the movement at Rajshahi University. Yesterday, we protested against this discriminatory quota through cultural events. Today, we have blocked the Rajshahi-Dhaka railway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have reached out to the Prime Minister, and hopefully, she will consider our logical demands. We want quota reforms in all government jobs,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that students have been protesting to demand quota reform for some time. Before this, they organized human chains, rallies, cultural programs, and highway blockades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RU Correspondent: Several hundred Rajshahi University (RU) students blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi railway at the Jamalpur flyover rail crossing at noon today, agitating for quota reform. The students initially gathered at the university&#8217;s Paris Road at 11 am. From there, they proceeded with a procession and took up positions on the railway. They demand to abolish unreasonable and discriminatory quotas in all grades of government jobs and reform the quota system by passing a law in parliament. 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