AL and BCL

Habibur Rashid Ismail, On e-mail

A news item recently published in an English daily mentioned that fifteen teachers of Rajshahi University on April 26 urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to sever all direct and indirect links between the AL and the BCL, expressing their deep concern over the activities of the BCL across the country, particularly in the educational institutions. They also urged the government to take initiatives to hold Chhatra Sangsad elections in the educational institutions. Now our questions are: (1) What roles are the teachers playing in this regard? (2) Why don't/can't they themselves prevent their students from indulging in heinous activities? Violence begets violence. All of us hate crimes. We also expect that the real criminals, no matter what party they belong to -- AL or BNP, will be given due punishment.