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TMC had organised Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July.
The Bangladesh government objected to the statement of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee late on Tuesday (July 23). Mamata had said in the TMC’s Martyr’s Day rally on July 21 that she would keep the doors of her state open for people trapped in crisis in the neighboring country and give them shelter. Mamata had cited the United Nations resolution for this.
On Mamata’s statement, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said that with all due respect to the Chief Minister of West Bengal, with whom we have very close relations. We want to make it clear that there is a lot of scope for confusion in her comments. That is why we have given a note to the Government of India.
The number of people who died in violent protests for job reservation in Bangladesh has crossed 180. On Tuesday, relatives of those killed in the violence were seen crying outside hospitals. So far 2580 people have been arrested on charges of spreading violence. Many of them are leaders associated with opposition parties.
PM Sheikh Hasina defended the imposition of curfew, deployment of army and shoot-at-sight orders and said that strict measures were taken to ensure the safety of lives and property of people. Meanwhile, West Bengal Governor C.V. Anand Bose has sought a report from Banerjee on her remarks. Raj Bhavan said that it is the prerogative of the Center to handle any matter related to foreign affairs.
Know what the whole matter is
- Bangladesh became independent in 1971. In the same year, 80% quota system was implemented there. According to the report of Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star, 30% reservation was given in jobs to the children of freedom fighters, 40% for backward districts, 10% for women. Only 20% seats were kept for general students.
- After some protests, the reservation for backward districts was increased to 20% in 1976. General students got some benefit from this. 40% seats were allotted to them. In 1985, the reservation for backward districts was further reduced to 10% and a 5% quota for minorities was added. This led to 45% seats for general students.
- Initially, only the sons and daughters of freedom fighters were given reservation. After a few years, the seats meant for the children of freedom fighters started remaining vacant. General students used to get the benefit of this. In 2009, the grandchildren of freedom fighters also started getting reservation. This increased the resentment of general students. In 2012, 1% quota was also added for disabled students. This increased the total quota to 56%.
- In 2018, after 4 months of student protests, the Hasina government abolished the quota system, but on June 5 last month, the High Court ordered the government to give reservation again. The court said that the reservation that was available before 2018 should be implemented again in the same way. After this, a period of violence started in Bangladesh.
- The Sheikh Hasina government had appealed against this decision of the High Court in the Supreme Court. On July 21, 2024, the court overturned the Dhaka High Court’s decision to give 56% reservation in government jobs. While issuing the order, the reservation was reduced from 56% to 7%. Out of this, the families of freedom fighters will get 5% reservation which was earlier 30%. The remaining 2% will include ethnic minorities, transgenders and Divyang. The Supreme Court said that 93% of the jobs will be given on the basis of merit. Read full news…
978 Indian students returned home
So far 978 Indian students have returned from Bangladesh. Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Friday that Indian students have been evacuated from Bangladesh through the Dawki Integrated Check Post. About 80 of them are from Meghalaya and the rest are from other states. Some students and tourists from Nepal, Bhutan have also been evacuated.
Meghalaya CM said that 36 students are stranded in Bangladesh’s Eastern Medical College. We are in touch with the authorities there. The situation in and around the college is fine. However, the parents of the students are worried about the situation there.
The situation needs to be monitored until the Indian government is fully assured that the route is clear and safe. Only after this the students will be brought to India. The total number of Indian citizens in Bangladesh is estimated to be around 15,000, including about 8,500 students.
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If the sons and grandsons of freedom fighters will not get reservation, will the grandchildren of Razakars get reservation?” Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this in an interview on July 14. After this, the anti-reservation protest going on in Dhaka turned violent. The protesting students set fire to the government TV channel to which Hasina had given the interview. Read full news…
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