DU students counter Ducsu leader's 'Quota or reform' slogan with 'UK Job', 'Uranium' chants
When Musaddiq shouted, "quota or reform?" a large section of the crowd began screaming back "Quota, Quota!" instead of the anticipated response
A concert at the Dhaka University central playground took an unexpected turn last night (17 January) as students responded to a Ducsu leader's slogans with satirical and derisive chants.
The event, titled "Kuashar Gaan" (song of the mist), was jointly organised by the "Spirit of July", a platform of students involved in the 2024 July-August uprising, and the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu).
The concert was intended to support people suffering from the harsh winter.
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However, the atmosphere shifted when Ducsu Literary Secretary Musaddiq Ali Ibn Muhammad took to the stage to address the crowd.
Video footage shows Musaddiq attempting to lead the audience in a series of call-and-response slogans reminiscent of the July Uprising.
When Musaddiq shouted, "quota or reform?" a large section of the crowd began screaming back "Quota, Quota!" instead of the anticipated response.
Another group was heard shouting "Uranium, Uranium!" in a mocking reference to a controversial political comment he made recently.
The friction intensified when the Ducsu leader chanted, "slavery or reform?" to which students loudly responded with the phrase "UK Job!"
According to several students present at the scene, the negative reaction was not aimed at the cause of the concert but specifically at the presence and rhetoric of the literature and culture secretary.
