Rein in the unruly BCL elements

The main reason why some of the ruling party's student wing Chhatra League (BCL) cadres have been able to carry on with their unbridled acts of unruliness is the blanket cover of impunity they have been afforded. In spite of the litany of misdeeds in the last several years, particularly at various universities, not many of them have been held to account. A glaring case of impunity is that none has been prosecuted for the burning of MC College students' hostel, a heritage sight as such, even after an inquiry committee had clearly identified the perpetrators. 

It is quite a remarkable phenomenon that BCL has been involved in intra-party clashes in turf war resulting in deaths of their own party members. What is reprehensible is that the BCL has interfered with the work of the university administration and dictated them to do their bidding, particularly when it came to employing various categories of university staff, as was the recent case in Rajshai University. Even more unwarranted is the fact that some local AL leaders had allegedly warned the VC of the university not to disregard their diktat in this regard.

Although in some cases the university authorities have taken action against some of these delinquent BCL cadres, merely suspending them is not enough. Some of their acts are culpable and must be dealt with under the law of the land. And merely ordering the law enforcing agencies to act is not enough either. The regime of impunity is glaring and the government should take stringent demonstrable action against the errant BCL members.