What follows after the Kuet collision?

Monday 24 February 2025 11:00 am
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Students of the University of Engineering and Technology in Khulna, protest against all political students and the University Administration on February 20. Photo: Habibur Rahman

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Students of the University of Engineering and Technology in Khulna, protest against all political students and the University Administration on February 20. Photo: Habibur Rahman

On the way of restoring democracy in Bangladesh, the student policy based on civil rights plays a significant role to play. However, we cannot ignore or overlook its dark and violent side. I think the headset and hockey paths with the Chhatra League stick were one of the main reasons behind the fall of Sheikh Hasina. People were tired of their crimes and the activities similar to the terrorist within the educational institutions and beyond. Hasina fell and ran away, but crime and violence in continuous educational institutions.

There are three major wings of political students in the educational institutions in Bangladesh: Chhatra Dal, Chhatra Shibir and the Chhatra Liga (which is now forbidden). These groups have dominated universities and other institutions for a long time and none was free from criminal activities. However, some left -handed student organizations have endeavored to establish meritocracy and plead for student rights, instead of getting involved in the offer or lobbying for recruitment. Unfortunately, they remain weak and fragmented, allowing criminal forces to maintain dominance.

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I want to share one of my personal experiences. As a student at Dhaka University, I was a resident in Zia Hall, who was staying in Chamber 407. In 2007, during the caretaker’s government’s term, the wings of the students of the BNP and Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh faced the allocations of the chairs in the hall. Rooms, notorious as “gono rooms”. One night in December 2007, tensions escalated into violence. The leaders of Chhatra Shibir were in the room of President Chhatra Dal Hall, employed in a heated argument on the distribution of chairs. What followed was a brutal struggle. I still remember alive the frightening cries of one of the student leaders – it was awful to hear that cold and dark night. That night, a student leader jumped from the seventh floor of our building from northern to the ground, trying to save his life. Can you imagine the extent of the brutality that students can cause each other when led by personal and political interests?

With the wing of the ruthless and barbarous students of the Awami League, now outside the image, I had hoped for peace and stability in our educational institutions. However, for our deep disappointment, other student organizations are already in the role of the Chhatra League-despite the fact that they fought shoulder against the oppressive regime Hasina just a few months ago.

The violent confrontations at the University of Engineering and Technology in Khulna (Kuet) between anti-discrimination student activists and Chhatra Dal members have revived memories of bloody brutality, once synonymous with the Chhatra League era. This incident has raised serious concerns about the state of student policy throughout the country. Seeing injured students and men wore large scythets and models in a university campus is completely shocking and convicted. No justification can excuse such violence. The tensions at the Kuet collision spread quickly in other campuses, strongly influencing the future trajectory of student policy.

The Kuet incident exposed the inherent brutality of the student policy on our campuses. As a result, alleged activists Chhatra Shibir were brutally tortured and the students from MC from a Facebook comment. These Chhatra League style crimes are an alarming sign. Such acts of violence must be stopped immediately, and the law enforcement agencies must take quick measures against the perpetrators.

We must remember that if this brutality will not be reduced now, it will spread to universities and colleagues from all over the country, eventually undermining the spirit of the July revolt. Most importantly, urgent measures must be taken to eliminate partisan policy from campuses through appropriate laws and policies.

I do not know how much the blood of the students will be used as a tool for political gain. But it is essential to try to stop it immediately. We need to make sure that our educational institutions are headphones, hockey sticks, Scythes, models and sharp homemade weapons once and for all.

Rahat Minhaz He is an assistant professor of mass communication and journalism at the University of Jagannath. It can be contacted at (e -mail protected).

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