Bangladesh Chhatra
League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, today
staged demonstrations on Dhaka University Campus
expressing solidarity with the ongoing global students’
movement and demanding to establish an independent
Palestine state.
Thousands of BCL leaders and activists from different
universities, colleges and units along with Palestinian
students studying in Bangladesh, brought out a procession
from Madhur Canteen with the flags of Bangladesh and
Palestine at around 12pm from university’s Madhu’s
canteen area.
Chanting various slogans in favor of war-torn Palestine
and holding large Palestinian flags over their heads, the
BCL leaders and activists marched towards different key
points of the campus before ending their demonstration at
the foot of anti-terrorist Raju Memorial Sculpture with a
precession rally.
Addressing the student gathering, BCL president Saddam
Husain and General Secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Enan
condemned the ongoing barbarity and genocide in Gaza
and de
manded an immediate ceasefire.
BCL leaders also slammed the countries that have been
supporting Israel and provided the country with arms to
kill innocent Palestinians.
Along with BCL central leaders, the rally was also
addressed by the Palestinian students studying in
Bangladesh. The students from Palestine extended their
gratitude and thanked Bangladesh’s Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina and Chhatra League for their unequivocal
support to Palestine.
Among the leaders, BCL’s DU unit President Mazharul
Kabir Shoyon and its General Secretary Tanbir Hasan
Shaikat addressed the occasion.
According to media reports, over 34,000 Palestinians
have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7,
2023.
Students around the world have been raising their voices
and holding programmes in different countries, including
USA and Canada, against the military assault on Gaza.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha