Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, also the general secretary of the ruling Awami League, met five other ministers and state ministers on Monday over the ongoing students’ protests against quota system in government jobs and teachers’ movement to cancel the new pension scheme.
They met at the AL president Sheikh Hasina’s political office at Dhanmondi in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Monday afternoon.
Law minister Anisul Huq, education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, state minister for primary and mass education Rumana Ali, state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat and deputy education minister Begum Shamsun Nahar attended the meeting with Obaidul Quader, sources in Awami League said.
The closed-door meeting was held following a press conference chaired by Obaidul. None of them talked to journalists after the closed-door meeting.
A source in the party confirmed that the meeting was held on the ongoing movement by the teachers and the students.Â
The meeting also discussed the legal obligations for reforming the existing quota system, the source added.Â
Regarding the quota movement, Obaidul told the reporters in the briefing that the High Court would deliver its verdict considering the country’s real scenario.
He urged the students to wait for the verdict.
‘We should wait and avoid programmes which cause sufferings to the people,’ he said.
About the teachers’ movement, he said that decision should be taken based on practical situation.
There might be some misunderstanding also, Obaidul added.