Students of different public universities and colleges began its pre-announced day-long all-out blockade by blocking roads, highways and rail tracks in Dhaka and elsewhere across Bangladesh to press home their one-point demand to reform the existing quota system.
The protesting students blocked several intersections in the capital, including Shahbagh and Science Laboratory, demanding scrap of the existing quota system in government jobs and ensuring five per cent quotas for the marginalised people, physically disabled persons and children of freedom fighters by passing a bill in parliament.
The fresh students protest continued for the 10th consecutive day on Wednesday, demanding the cancellation of a High Court order on June 5 that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent job quotas for descendants of freedom fighters.
Students also blocked Dhaka-Mymensigh rail track in Mymensingh and Mohakhali level crossing in Dhaka city.听
Several thousand students of Dhaka University brought out a procession from its central public library and marched several places on the campus and blocked the Shahbah intersection at about 12:00noon.
Students of Dhaka College blocked the Science Laboratory crossing at about 10:35pm while the Eden College students joined the protest at about 11:00am and the vehicular movement in the area halted as protestors were not allowing anyone to ply on roads except emergency services.
Dhaka College students reached the venue with a protest procession from the campus at about 10:20am.
Students of Jahangirnagar University blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway at about 11:00am in front of the university鈥檚 main gate.
'We want a permanent solution of the quota problem. We took to the streets to implement our one-point demand of reforming the existing quota system. We urge the government for enacting a law in the parliament including backward people and physically disabled person by abolishing the discriminatory quota system in government jobs,鈥� Nazmul Hasan, a Dhaka College student, told 抖阴精品.
Several thousand students of Rajshahi Universality brought out a protest procession on the campus and blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in front of the university main entrance at about 11:45am.
On October 4, 2018, the government issued a circular abolishing all 56 per cent quotas鈥�30 per cent for freedom fighters鈥� descendants, 10 per cent for women, 10 per cent for people from underdeveloped districts, 5 per cent for ethnic communities; and one per cent for physically challenged people鈥攊n the civil service following student protests.
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