Staff Reporter:
Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, yesterday staged demonstrations on Dhaka University Campus expressing solidarity with the ongoing global students’ movement and de-manding to establish an independent Palestine state.
Thousands of BCL leaders and activists from different universities, colleges and units along with Pales-tinian 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 demanded an immediate cease-fire.
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 Minis-ter 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.
