Quota protesters to meet AL’s Quader at Secretariat

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Bangla Tribune Report
Published : 16:35, Apr 09, 2018 | Updated : 18:00, Apr 09, 2018

Protests demanding reform of the quota system have been continuing for quite some time and took a violent turn late on Sunday at the Dhaka University campus as demonstrators clashed with police overnight.A delegation from the protesters calling for reforms to public service quotas will meet Awami League Secretary General Obaidul Quader at the Secretariat.
The meeting has been scheduled for 4pm on Monday.
A 20-member delegation of the demonstrators is set to join the talks with 11 representatives from the government, led by Minister Quader.
Awami League leaders, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, Asit Kumar Ukil and Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury are expected to join the talks.
On Sunday, scores were injured as police clashed with students and job-seekers turning the Dhaka University campus and the capital’s key intersection of Shahbagh into a battleground.
Running battles between protesters and police continued until the early hours of Monday at several locations of the campus.
Following few hours of calm, demonstrations resumed on the Dhaka University campus in the morning with protests erupting at several other educational institutions across the country.
Protests demanding reform of the quota system have been continuing for quite some time. Last month, police broke up their march to the Secretariat when several arrests were made.
Amid protests, the public administration ministry announced a decision relaxing it on Mar 6, but the demonstrations continued. The ministry later clarified the decision.
According to the quota system, 56 percent posts are reserved for different quotas, including 30 percent for children of freedom fighters, 10 percent each for women and particular districts, 5 percent for small ethnic groups, and 1 percent for people with disabilities.

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