Students demanding reform in the quota system in government on Monday announced protest processions on the campuses of all universities across Bangladesh for Tuesday.
Addressing a press briefing on Dhaka University campus, Nahid Islam, one of the co-coordinators of Students Movement Against Discrimination, termed the attack on protesting students as 鈥榩re-planned鈥� by the police and ruling party鈥檚 student organisation to foil the students鈥� movement to press home their 鈥榡ust demand鈥�.
He said that they would organise Tuesday鈥檚 procession and rally at 3:00pm protesting against attack on student protesters and demanding quota reform and withdrawal of prime minister鈥檚 remarks on quota protesters.
He urged the people as well as students of all educational institutions across Bangladesh to take to the streets to make their movement successful.
Protests, following prime minister鈥檚 Sunday remarks, were sparked on different university campuses at the night following Sunday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, during a press conference at her official residence, Ganabhaban, responding to questions regarding the anti-quota protests on Sunday, questioned, 鈥榃hy is there so much anger against the liberation war and freedom fighters? Will the grandchildren of freedom fighters not receive quotas? Will Razakars' grandchildren get them? [This is] my question to the people of the country.鈥�
The protesters claimed that at least 200 students were injured in alleged attacks by Bangladesh Chhatra League on the Dhaka University campus on Monday.