DU Correspondent :
Around fifty students of Dhaka University on Thursday afternoon went on a hunger strike unto death demanding deferral of the two city corporation elections that coincides with Saraswati Puja, a major religious festival of the Hindu community.
“We will continue our strike till our demand is met,” said Utpal Bishwas, Vice-President (VP) of DU’s Jagannath Hall, who was demonstrating in front of the Raju Memorial Sculpture on the campus.
Another student, Kazal Das, general secretary of the same residential hall also reiterated the VP’s statement. Earlier on the day, members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) organised a protest rally on the campus on Thursday morning demanding the same. On Wednesday, the EC officials said, they don’t intend changing of the polls date of the Dhaka North and the South City Corporations, as the High Court rejected a writ petition seeking deferral of the January 30 election.
A group of Dhaka University students have been demonstrating on the campus since Tuesday demanding for deferment of the election date to a fresh one instead of January 30 as it coincides with Saraswati Puja.
