DU Correspondent :
The freedom fighters’ (FFs) children have demanded of the government not to scrap quota for them in class-I and class-II jobs in public services.
They came up with the demand at a press conference at the office of Dhaka University Journalists’ Association (DUJA) on the campus on Monday.
They also announced a six-point demand at the press briefing. The demands include implementation of freedom fighters quota in all jobs, family protection act and constitutional recognition for freedom fighters’ families, expulsion from job and cancellation of citizenship of the anti-liberation community and their children, exemplary punishment of those who attacked the DU VC’s house and punishment for them who made bad comments about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina and Liberation War.
Freedom Fighters’ Children Command DU unit General Secretary Al Mamun read out the written statement at the conference.
He said, freedom fighters’ quota was introduced by recalling the contribution of freedom fighters and to bring them come forward as they were lagging behind.
Mamun said, “We have enough confidence on the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.”
They also announced to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister on September 30 and hold a mass rally on the day at capital’s Shahbagh intersection to press home their demands.
Mizanur Rahman Pikul, Vice President of Freedom Fighters’ Children Command, Joint General Secretaries Mahfuzur Rahman and Shafiul Alam Riyadh, and Rahman were present at the press conference.
Earlier on September 17, a high-level government committee has recommended abolishing the quota system for class-I and class-II jobs in government jobs, which comes in the wake of months-long quota reform demonstrations.
Students and jobseekers took to the streets on February 17 and continued protests for reducing the quota in government jobs to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent, including 30 per cent for freedom fighters’ children and their grandchildren, 10 per cent for women and 10 per cent for districts, 5 per cent for ethnic minorities and one per cent for physically challenged people.
