Rail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh was suspended for two hours on Monday as students from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh railway for the third consecutive day as part of the “Bangla Blockade.”
The students, demanding the cancellation of quotas in government jobs, set up barricades at Jabbarer Mor around 1:30pm, halting the Jamalpur Express from Dhaka and disrupting train services.
Quader warns against politicizing anti-quota movementTrain communication resumed at 3:10pm after the students left the rail tracks.
Earlier, at 12:30pm, students staged a protest procession on the campus. During the demonstration, they declared: “From today (Monday), we will uphold a single-point agenda: the elimination of irrational and discriminatory quotas in all grades of government jobs. The quota system must be reformed by passing a law in Parliament to ensure fairness for underprivileged and special-needs groups as outlined in the Constitution.”
The protesters vowed to continue the “Bangla Blockade” nationwide until their demand is met.
