The students from Jagannath University’s Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall declared nine female activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of Awami League as ‘unwanted’, unofficially.
The declaration was made in a banner with their name, batch and photo in front of the hall on Saturday.
In the banner, they wrote, ‘Chhatra League activists, who are against the July Revolution and support the genocide, have been declared permanently unwanted on behalf of the general students of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Hall.’
Nine BCL activists are Eva Rahman of the 11th batch of psychology department, Swarna Patwari of the 13th batch of zoology, Maitri Barai of the 13th batch from film and television, Afia Ananjum Supti of the 14th batch from Bengali, Nipun Islam of the 13th batch from mathematics, Munia Akhter Juthi of the 14th batch from Islamic studies, Rishat Ara of the 14th batch from philosophy, Srija of the 16th batch from political science department, and Farhana Oishi of the 17th batch from institute of education and research.
Among them, Afia Ananjum Supti said that she had not been coming to the hall for 4-5 months as her graduation was completed.
‘I will not do a Masters from Jagannath University. Declaring my hall seat unwanted is acceptable, because my graduation is over. But two more girls’ seats of the 17th batch are declared unwanted. The provost and VC Sir have the sole authority to declare this. This unsolicited declaration will never be valid. This is the biggest disparity,’ she added.
Swarna Riya, a third-year student of public administration department, who was one of the leaders of anti-discrimination student movement, said that they could not make any official application due to the absence of a provost of the hall. These nine Chhatra League activists had been declared unwanted from the hall by the general students. When the new provost join, they would apply to cancel their seats from the hall.
