Prof Anu Muhammad, Member Secretary, National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports
Our youths have worked with a long-term responsibility during the movements for safe roads and reforming the existing quota system in public service recruitments. The demands of the two movements were not only for themselves but also for all the people of the country.
The movements did not reflect any political motive. The overall intolerance of the incumbent government is so much that it is not willing to pay heed to any logic and demand. The imprudence, intolerance and obstinacy of the government made matter even worse. Many families were put in trouble. Apart from that, the image of the country and the government is now in jeopardy globally. The movementĀ o reform quota could be dealt with very easily. The Finance Minister said that the number of people being recruited to public services annually is not more than 25 percent while some others say that the figure is 15 percent. There could have been an easy solution by considering the records. Instead, the government began rounding up the protestors. Apart from the law enforcers, the government let loose Chhatra League and Juba League. They despicably assaulted the agitators, broke legs and harassed them sexually, which is contemptible. Based on an interview by Mehedi Hassan, translated by Hossen Sohel