Student politics
Chief of the Judicial Commission Justice Habibur Rahman placed the report on the violent incidents on and around Dhaka University campus in August last year to chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed on November 15 last year. It was officially published on 23 March, with 28-point recommendations that include a ban on teacher and student politics by amending the Dhaka University Order 1973 and repealing the Political Parties Regulations 1976, if necessary.
I do support the recommendations made by the judicial probe body including a ban on teacher and student politics. In my own experience as a general student, I see the so-called leaders performing politically motivated activities but they rarely take any programme in favour of general students. As the student leaders are not elected by student vote, they do not value any general student's demand. They always lobby with political leaders for getting suitable posts in the committee.
A leader is a person who influences others by his /her integrity, bravery, depth of knowledge and leadership skills. In reality, today's so-called student leaders are comparatively less meritorious compared to general students and they frequently drop years for the purpose of remaining student leader (although their age says that they are no longer a student).
All of us know how glorious student politics was i.e. the Language Movement in 1952, Mass Upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971 etc. I want constructive student politics in which student leaders will raise their voice in favour of general students. So student politics must be de-linked from the political parties, and the parties must not control them. Election to student bodies like the DUCSU and hall unions should be held regularly. But most of the political parties are unwilling to hold central student union and hall union elections because of the fear that if students are united, the ruling parties will not be able to perform any activities to serve themselves.
Finally, I would like to request the caretaker government to look into the 28-point suggestions of the judicial probe body and take necessary actions to implement these.
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