The demonstrating BCS job seekers are observing a day-long strike programme at all educational institutions across the country on Sunday, protesting the BCL attack on agitating students.
They also vowed to continue their movement until their demand is met.
A press release signed by Lincoln Mahmud, who claimed to be a student of Dhaka University Bangla Department, was issued in this regard on Saturday, immediate after the agitators came under a fresh attack by BCL men.
The press release stated the strike programme has been enforced to press home five-point demand, including the cancellation of the quota system in civil service, unconditional release of detainees, withdrawal of cases filed against 1,700 protestors, stopping attacks on the students and punishment of the BCL attackers.
Campus sources said the students gathered at the central library to hold their prescheduled programme. But the BCL men, led by its DU unit president Omar Sharif, launched an attack on the agitating students at about 11am, leaving six injured.
While contacted, Omar Sharif, claimed to be the son of a freedom fighter, said, “I took part in the action as part of a move to resist the anti-Liberation forces from their bids to foil the ongoing war crimes trial.”
“I have discharged my duties as a son of freedom-fighter, not as a leader of any organisation”, said the BCL leader.
In a latest development, the PSC is set to publish the reviewed results of the 34th BCS preliminary test on Sunday amid the ongoing demonstrations demanding the cancellation of the quota system.
The decision was taken in a meeting of PSC on Saturday, said a handout.
“The meeting decided to publish the results of 34th BCS preliminary test following the existing system,” the handout said.
The results of the preliminary test were published on July 8 in which 12,033 out of 225,775 candidates come out successful.
The unsuccessful candidates sharply reacted to the result as it was published following the quota system, which was earlier followed only in the final results.
In the face of a student movement against the quota system, the PSC on Wednesday said it would review the results.
