A group of Jagannath University students at a press conference on Tuesday announced that they would begin a campaign today, opposing the installation of a mural of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia on the campus.
They also brought out a procession on the campus at 9:00pm, demanding the university administration to revoke the decision over the installation of the mural by Tuesday.
The JnU students said that if the university authorities installed an 11-foot mural of Khaleda, they would submit a formal complaint to the education adviser on Sunday.
They also warned that they would take more stringent measures if their demands were not met.
In a written statement, botany department student AKM Rakib, said that they had recently learned that the JnU administration had decided to install a mural of former prime minister Khaleda Zia on October 20, marking the Jagannath University Day.
In a statement, the JnU public relations office, however, clarified that the installation would not be a mural but a plaque featuring Khaleda鈥檚 image.
The JnU proctor Tazammol Haque said that there would only be a small plaque in front of the administrative building, and it would not be a statue.
Regarding the mural, JnU student affairs committee from the Islamic studies department coordinator Roich Uddin stated, 鈥業 am personally against the culture of murals. This is not a mural, but simply a plaque featuring an image.鈥�
English department students Farhad Hossain and Sifat Hasan Sakib, and public administration department student Sorna Akter Ria, among others, were present at the press conference at the JnU Shaheed Minar.