Quota reformists meeting MP Nanak

Facing threats of agitation resuming from May, lawmaker and senior Awami League leader Jahangir Kabir Nanak has invited the quota reformists for talks to chalk out a solution.

A 15-member delegation of Bangladesh Shadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad, the leading banner, went to Nanak's NAM Flat on Manik Mia Avenue around 9:00pm.

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"We have been invited over for talks and we are heading there," Rashed Khan, joint Convener of the platform,  told Bangla daily Prothom Alo around 8:30pm.

Earlier in April, the quota reform movement, demanding reducing the 56 per cent quota reservation in government service, spread like wildfire and spilled out to all corners of the country.

The reformists battled with police at Dhaka University, and staged demonstrations across most of the public universities before private university students joined in and cornered the authorities.

In face of mass protests, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calmed the situation by announcing an end to all quota systems in government service on April 11, which, until now, is yet to be effective.

However, a parliamentary committee which discussed over the issue expressed opinion in favour of a reform, instead of total abolishment, and said it would have to be "logical".

Lastly, a few days ago, the quota reformists, dejected that there has been no formal circular to this effect has been published for such a long time, declared that they would resume agitation if a gazette notification is not published by April.