Editorial
We condemn attack on school headmaster
Culprit must be brought to book
Violence and extortion by BCL activists in public educational institutions across the country had marked the first half of the ruling alliance's tenure. So much so that on occasions the prime minister herself had to intervene in order to curb hooliganism. As BCL high-handedness caused uproar in media, things apparently changed a little for the better and people at large expected a congenial atmosphere to be restored in colleges and universities. But even in the penultimate year of the ruling alliance, their unruly behaviour is often manifested.
In the last instance, Tangail district BCL vice-president along with some others allegedly assaulted the headmaster of the Bindubansini Government High School on Tuesday. The brutal attack left the teacher severely injured but we are deeply pained to see that the attackers still remain at large. We condemn this atrocity on a headmaster of a school and demand immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits.
For all we know, the headmaster refused to give in to the pressure of enrolling three students of the BCL men's choice. Every school has a managing committee and it is solely for it to decide such matters. How could some BCL men who have nothing to do with that school or its managing committee, have the temerity to meddle in a school's internal affairs and that too, in such a violent manner?
If the AL cares about a healthy political culture amongst the students, it must keep the unruly BCL elements, often accused of violence and vandalism, in rein and mould them substantially so as to foster the sense that student politics is fundamentally about students' rights, not about abuse of power by them.
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