Home Minister: Police to take action if protesters cross limit

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that police will take action against the quota protesters if the limit is crossed.

He told this to the journalists at his office at the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday.

He said, if they cause damage to property, arson and public suffering, then the police will not sit still.

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The minister said that the High Court wanted to listen to the students, because of which there was no need for them to suffer on the streets.

On June 5, the High Court declared illegal the circular that cancelled the quotas, including those for freedom fighters, in first and second-class government jobs.

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As a result, the 30% quota for freedom fighters in government jobs (grades 9 to 13) will remain in place.

On October 4, 2018, the Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular to implement the cabinet's decision to abolish the existing quota system for direct recruitment to first and second-class posts in government jobs.

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The Ministry of Public Administration issued the circular a day after the decision of the Cabinet to cancel the quota.

The government decided to remove the 45% quota for recruitment in government jobs from ninth to thirteenth grade, opting for merit-based recruitment after a prolonged student movement demanding quota reform. The quota review committee's recommendations led to this decision, approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on October 3, 2018.