Student leaders criticise 'Dhaka-centric', 'DU-based' Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad
Meanwhile on Wednesday morning, a photo titled “From mass uprising to new political party- brave leadership by women” was shared from the Facebook page of the Students Against Discrimination, where only women activists from DU and Dhaka were seen
Student leaders from educational institutions, except those from Dhaka University, have raised concerns about the lack of representation in the newly-formed Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad.
Yesterday, coordinator of Rajshahi University unit of Students Against Discrimination Salahuddin Ammar wrote on Facebook, "We cannot do anything with only six posts as the public sphere is in Dhaka. We have fought meaninglessly as despite being in Dhaka, none including public, private and national universities obtained any position in the new party."
Earlier on 13 February, member secretary of the Movement's Jahangirnagar University unit Touhid Mohammad Siam, who has been selected as the senior joint convener of the new party, wrote, "We have to think again about such politics which does not want to acknowledge any politics outside Dhaka city."
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Meanwhile on Wednesday morning, a photo titled "From mass uprising to new political party- brave leadership by women" was shared from the Facebook page of the Students Against Discrimination, where only women activists from DU and Dhaka were seen.
Protesting the incident, member secretary of the movement's Jahangirnagar University unit Touhid Mohammad Siam wrote on Facebook, "The research team has to work with more openness and efficiency. They have to come out of the mentality of centring everything around DU and Dhaka. You've taken everything, now at least give space to others at least in the pictures."
Besides JU, student leaders and activists from Rajshahi University, University of Chittagong and Jagannath University also shared the image, saying that the sharing of such images is discriminatory if women from all the places cannot be represented.
Earlier, students from various private universities blocked the Shahbagh-bound lane in the capital's Bangla Motor near the office of the Students Against Discrimination (SAD) for an hour last night (26 February).
The students started the blockade at 10:00pm protesting reported attacks on their fellow students during the launch of Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad, a new student organisation led by SAD coordinators at the Dhaka University.
On Wednesday afternoon, a scuffle broke out between members of the new party and some private university students over political representation.
