The police on Monday obstructed a protest march of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student front of opposition BNP, from entering the Dhaka University campus.
The JCD marchers were halted by the law enforcers as they tried to enter the campus at 11:30am protesting the renaming Khaleda Zia Hall, an under-construction dormitory near the Curzon Hall, as 'Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall'.
The JCD activists were supposed to submit a memorandum with seven-point demands to the vice-chancellor of the university.
JCD later held a rally outside the campus but could not submit the memorandum to the VC.
Police said that JCD leaders did not inform them about the submission of memorandum and hence they were told not to enter in the campus for the sake of maintaining peace.
JCD president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku read out their demands at the rally which include retaining the name of the hall after BNP leader Khaleda Zia, ensuring co-existence of all student organizations, allotment of seats in dormitories according to merit and increasing budget allocation for the education sector.
JCD general secretary Amirul Islam Khan Aleem, DU unit convener Abdul Matin and senior joint convener Obaidul Haque Nasir, among others, were present at the rally.
Naming of the hall after Khaleda Zia was initiated in June 2005 when BNP was in power. But the university syndicate recently decided to rename the hall after Sufia Kamal.
Source : New Age
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