Protest at DU against attack on Ibtedayi madrasah teachers

Students of Dhaka University (DU) and the Inqilab Manch have held a protest rally against the police attack on teachers of Ibtedayi madrasahs.

The Inqilab platform started the protest rally in front of the Raju Sculpture at 7pm on Sunday. Later, students of Dhaka University joined them.

At the rally, the speakers demanded justice for the attack and called for the nationalization of Ibtedayi madrasas.

At that time, they joined the agitating teachers in front of the Faculty of Fine Arts road, chanting slogans.

Sharif Osman bin Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab manch, said, “Even though the government has changed, the character of the police league has not changed yet. When will the police become human? Until this police becomes human, Bangladesh will not be right.”

At that time, he demanded the resignation of the home advisor.

Nurul Kabir Sagir, a student of Dhaka University, said, “Madrasa education is the most neglected. Among them, Ibtedayi madrasas are even more neglected. Even though the police uniform has changed, their character has not changed. The behavior of the police must be changed. We want to clearly tell the government that if Ibtedayi madrasas are not nationalized, we will be tough.”

Rezwan Rifat, a student of the Law Department, said, “What the police did today is extremely disgraceful. The salary that teachers get is not enough to run their households. We want a fair investigation into the attack as well as the nationalization of Ibtedayi madrasa jobs.”