बांग्लादेश में आरक्षण का विरोध, अब तक 32 की मौत: भारतीयों का पलायन शुरू, 300 लोग मेघालय पहुंचे, इनमें नेपाल और भूटान के भी शामिल

On June 5, the Supreme Court ordered the government to give reservation again. Only after this the students became angry.

The ongoing protests against reservation in government jobs in Bangladesh have now turned violent. Protesters set fire to the headquarters of Bangladesh’s main government TV channel BTV on Thursday evening. According to an AFP report, hundreds of protesters entered the BTV office campus on Thursday evening and set fire to more than 60 vehicles.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave an interview to BTV yesterday. Violent clashes broke out between students and police on Thursday. According to an AFP report, at least 25 people died in the violence on Thursday. Apart from this, more than 1000 people were injured. At least 32 people have died since the protests began.

Following the ongoing violence in Bangladesh, the exodus of Indian people from there has started. According to a report by news agency PTI, officials said on Thursday that more than 300 Indians, Nepalese and Bhutanese citizens stranded there after the violence have reached Meghalaya. Most of them are students. The Assam government said that it is in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs to ensure the safety of its people living in the neighboring country.

See the pictures of violence…

Students demonstrated in front of the bodies of those killed during the demonstration.

The protests were the most violent on Thursday. So far at least 25 people have been reported dead.

Protesters surround and attack a policeman during a demonstration in Dhaka.

Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.

Supreme Court asked to re-implement reservation
Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and from this year onwards, a 56% quota system was implemented there. In this, 30% reservation was given to the children of freedom fighters, 10% to backward districts, 10% to women, 5% to minorities and 1% to the disabled. According to this, there is 56% reservation in government jobs.

In 2018, after 4 months of protests by students, the Hasina government abolished the quota system, but on 5 June last month, the Supreme Court ordered the government to re-implement reservation. The court said that the reservation that was available before 2018 should be re-implemented in the same manner.

The Sheikh Hasina government also appealed against this decision of the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court upheld its old decision. This angered the students. Now protests are being held all over the country against this.

PM Hasina said- students will get justice
Earlier on Wednesday, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the nation. She announced that a judicial inquiry committee will be formed to investigate the deaths in the movement against reservation. During this, Sheikh Hasina appealed to the protesting students to maintain faith in the judicial system of the country. She assured the students that they will get justice.

Sheikh Hasina expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and property in the reservation protests. She appealed to the students not to give the miscreants a chance to take advantage of the situation. The Prime Minister said that those who have committed murders and damaged public property will be brought to justice, no matter which party they belong to.

This is the first time after the general elections held in January that such large scale protests are taking place in the country. These protests are also being joined by the children of the people who gave independence to Bangladesh in 1971. People say that the Hasina government has given reservation to those people whose income is high.

These are the people who are considered Hasina’s voters. The government says that 30% reservation in jobs was given to handicapped people and people from minority communities.