Indigenous people block Dhaka-Rajshahi highway for quota

Indigenous people staged a demonstration blocking the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway demanding reinstatement of five percent Indigenous quota in government job recruitment system.

Vehicular movement on the highway remained suspended since 10:30am following the demonstration.

Around 40 indigenous peoples under the banner of "Adivasi quota Rokkha Committee" staged a sit-in in front of the main gate of Rajshahi University, blocking the highway.

The demonstration continued till 2:00pm today, our RU correspondent reports.

In the face of student protests in Dhaka and other cities, the government abolished the quota system for class-I and class-II jobs in the civil service from grade-9 (class-I) and grade-10 to 13 (class-II) at all government departments, autonomous or semi-autonomous institutions this month.

The decision generated fresh demonstrations across the country demanding reinstatement quota for freedom fighter, indigenous and physically challenged in public service.