Two public universities, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology and Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, banned politics on the campuses following students’ demand.
The decisions came following the resignation of Awami League president Sheikh Hasina as the prime minister of the country on August 5 following student protests.
¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· correspondent in Chattogram reported that the CUET banned all kinds of student politics in the institution on Thursday following a long time students’ demand.
CUET registrar professor Sheikh M Humayan Kabir confirmed the news.
‘At the 136th syndicate meeting, we banned all kinds of politics on the CUET campus,’ he said, adding that if any political incident happens in future the people involved would be brought under the purview of the CUET ordinance.
Humayan Kabir also said that from Thursday all student halls of residence would remain open to students and within the month classes would start.
Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University registrar Md Humayun Kabir told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that on Wednesday night the university issued an order banning politics on the JKKNIU campus.
The decision was taken following a demand of the students under the banner of the Student Movement Against Discrimination.
The students gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the university authorities to ban student politics on campus.
‘We held an urgent meeting on Wednesday night chaired by the vice-chancellor professor Soumitra Sekhar Dey where the decision was taken,’ he added.Â
Earlier in April this year the High Court allowed the activities of all political organisations on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology campus.
Responding to a writ petition filed by a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, the student wing of the then ruling Awami League, the bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice KM Zahid Sarwar paved the way for student politics by granting a stay on the university authorities’ October 11, 2019, decision to ban activities of all political organisations on the campus.
The university authorities banned political activities on the campus following ordinary students’ protests in the wake of the killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad by some BCL leaders at the university’s Sher-e-Bangla Hall on October 7, 2019.
BUET general students, however, demanded the permanent expulsion of some BCL leaders and some students for resuming BCL activities on the BUET campus on March 29 through a showdown defying the earlier ban.