SAU Stalemate Continues
Meeting with guardians of 36 accused students today
The indefinite strike, enforced by BCL at Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) on January 20, continued for the 14th day yesterday.
The ruling party-backed student body enforced the strike after the university authorities sued 36 students and expelled three of them on January 19 on charges of vandalising the administrative building, academic building, laboratory and proctor's office on the day.
The students went on the rampage after 47 students, mostly BCL men, failed to come out successful in the examinations of Veterinary and Animal Science Faculty. The results were published on January 19.
The unruly students also misbehaved with the teachers and officials of the university as they tried to pacify them
Demanding review of the exams results and withdrawal of the case and expulsion order, the university unit of BCL called an indefinite strike on the campus on January 20.
Sylhet Judicial Magistrate's Court on January 24 granted bail to the 36 accused students and the university authorities banned all political activities on the campus on January 25.
Contacted, Registrar Faizul Haque said the university authorities are trying their best to resume classes as soon as possible. The vice-chancellor has invited the guardians of the 36 students to a meeting, scheduled for today, to discuss the situation with them, the registrar added.
The BCL university unit formed a human chain at the Central Shaheed Minar in Sylhet city on February 2 and then held a rally there. At the rally, the student body announced its five-point demand, including withdrawal of cases filed against 36 students and review of the results of 47 students who could not pass the examinations of Veterinary and Animal Science Faculty. BCL university unit president Afradul Islam and general secretary Abdulla Al Mamun addressed the rally.
Meanwhile, a number of students alleged that though the BCL university unit president and general secretary led the violence on the campus on January 20, the university authorities did not take any action against them.
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