Take action against JCD cadres

BAU BCL demands
By Our Correspondent, Mymensingh
10 October 2006, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday gave an ultimatum to the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) authorities to take action against the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadres responsible for the attack on its leaders within seven days.

Otherwise, an indefinite strike would be enforced at the university, the BCL leaders said at a press conference at the Mymensingh Press Club.

They said the JCD cadres ransacked some 15 rooms of BCL leaders at Ashraful Haque Hall in the early hours of Monday. The BCL leaders informed the university authorities of the incident, but no action was taken against the attackers, they added.

The BCL leaders said the JCD men have driven away some 250 BCL leaders and activists from the campus since the BNP-led four-party alliance government assumed office in 2001.

They are still staying away from the campus, resulting in a serious setback to their academic career, the leaders added.

Sarwar Morshed Akanda, Atiquzzaman Royel, Tapan Sarker and Anwar Hossain spoke at the press conference.