Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged the university teachers to refrain from all kind of active politics for ensuring quality education.
He said the teachers’ politics hampers the academic activities of the university and added ‘I will request the university teachers to shun active politics. But they could support ideology of any political party’.
Obaidul Quader said this on Sunday while addressing a discussion meeting as the chief guest marking the National Mourning Day at Zahir Raihan auditorium on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus here organized by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) JU unit.
The minister said Bangladesh is now faced with major crisis of extremism, underscoring the need for making collective efforts to root out extremism as well as drug abuse from the country.
Quader said Bangabandhu has occupied the position of hero in the history and added ‘there is nothing to establish Bangabandhu anew as he has already been established’.
Describing Bangabandhu is a role model for all he said ‘We have to nurture Bangabandhu’s ideology for building Sonar Bangla’.
Referring to the ongoing development spree of the present government Qader said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ‘a model of development’.
He asked the BCL activists to work for the interests of general students to earn their love and respect.
Addressing the function as special guest, Central President of BCL Saifur Rahman Sohag urged the JU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Farzana Islam to open a department in the university to be named ‘Philosophy of Bangabandhu Department’.
Presided over by JU BCL President Mahmudur Rahman Jony, JU VC Dr. Farzana Islam, former BCL central president AKM Enamul Haque Shamim and Central Secretary of BCL SM Jakir Hossain addressed the function, among others. Secretary of JU BCL Rajib Ahmed Rasel conducted the programme.
