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Reservation dispute is the root of violence

Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and from this year onwards, 80% quota system was implemented there. Later, it was changed many times. The last change was in 2012 when the quota was 56%. In this, 30% reservation was given to children of freedom fighters, 10% to backward districts, 10% to women, 5% to minorities and 1% to handicapped people.

In 2018, after 4 months of protests by students, the Hasina government had abolished the quota system, but on 5 June 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, protests started. The government tried to suppress it strictly but it kept on increasing. After this, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh overturned the decision of the Dhaka High Court to give 56% reservation in government jobs.

Reservation was reduced from 56% to 7%. Out of this, 5% quota was given to the families of freedom fighters and 2% quota was given to ethnic minorities, transgenders and disabled people. The Supreme Court said that 93% of the jobs will be given on the basis of merit.

Even after the Supreme Court’s decision, the anger of the students did not subside. They started demanding that Sheikh Hasina step down.

More than 11 thousand students were arrested in anti-reservation protests.