Leaders of Bangladesh General Students Rights Protection Council on Thursday demanded the gazette on abolishing the quota system in government jobs within April.
Otherwise, the students will wage a tougher movement form the next month, they said.
The student leaders came up with the remarks at a press briefing in front the Dhaka University central library.
The protesters reiterated their demand for withdrawal of all the five cases filed during the quota reforms movement within the next seven days. They also urged the authorities concerned to find out the real culprits and bring them under justice.
The cases against the unidentified persons are resulting in harassment of innocent students, they claimed.
Demanding security of the students on the campus, the leaders also claimed that protesters in all the universities throughout the country are facing various kinds of harassment.
Besides, the quota leaders also demanded apology from Daily Jonokhanta for publishing “biased news” against the movement.
Student leaders of the quota reforms movement Hasan Al Mamun, Rashed Khan, Nurul Haq Nur and Faruk Hossain were present at a press briefing, among others.
Earlier, the students issued a seven-day ultimatum for withdrawal of the cases on April 18.
The five cases were filed with Shahbagh Police Station on April 11 by the Dhaka University authorities and the police against a huge number of unidentified people on charge of vandalism, arson and obstructing lawmen to perform their duty during demonstrations in Dhaka over quota reforms in public service recruitment and in connection with the attack on DU VC’s residence.
Earlier this month, the country witnessed a widespread movement of students of public and private universities across the country, demanding reforms to the quota system.
The protesters blocked key points in the capital and also roads and highways elsewhere over four days.
Amid the protest, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 11 announced abolishing of the quota system in public service recruitments.
