Student unions of four universities demand crackdown on 'fascist' plots

The combined student unions of four major universities today (11 November) urged the government to take firm action against what they described as a coordinated, anti-state campaign by "fallen fascists" and their allies, and called for nationwide popular resistance to foil alleged conspiracies aimed at destabilising the country.

In a joint statement issued under the banner of the four unions, the students accused the Awami League, its affiliates, including Jubo League, Swechchhasebak League, and the banned Chhatra League, of plotting attacks across the country, including arson, grenade and cocktail explosions, assaults on religious sites, and other acts of sabotage.

The statement was signed by Ducsu Vice President Shadik Kayem, Jucsu Vice President Abdur Rashid Jitu, Rucsu Vice President Mostakur Rahman, and Cucsu Vice President Ibrahim Hossain Roni.

The statement said the interim government has a primary duty to protect the gains of the July uprising, won at the cost of nearly two thousand martyrs, and criticised the authorities and law‑and‑order agencies for what the students called inadequate steps to dismantle the networks behind the violence.

The students charged that the same forces that once turned the state into a partisan instrument, through enforced disappearances, killings and institutional capture over the past decade and a half, are now involved in fresh plots to foment unrest, particularly as the country approaches a national vote. 

They demanded a zero‑tolerance policy against those responsible, immediate arrests of individuals implicated in July's mass violence, and decisive security measures to safeguard lives and property.

The statement urged the interim government to strengthen regular patrols and launch nationwide operations to remove terrorists from the streets, to accelerate visible progress in the trials over July atrocities, and to present those results before the nation. It also called on patriotic citizens across political lines to unite in building a broad popular resistance that will identify and hand over suspected militants to law enforcement wherever they are found.

The joint release framed the demands as necessary steps to preserve national stability and the legacy of the Liberation‑era movement, and warned that failure to act would leave the state vulnerable to further disruption.