No seats for JCD men at Madhur Canteen!
Members of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal yesterday staged a symbolic protest by sitting on the floor of Madhur Canteen, as all the tables were occupied by Chhatra League activists.
As part of their regular political activities, around 200 JCD men led by their general secretary Iqbal Hossain Shyamol entered the canteen at around 10:30am.
But they did not find any table empty, as hundreds of BCL activists kept them occupied prior to the JCD activists’ entrance.
In protest, the JCD men sat on the floor and later around 11am, Chhatra Dal president Fazlur Rahman also joined them.
Several BCL activists, wishing anonymity, told The Daily Star that they were instructed by high-ups to occupy the tables so that the JCD men could not stay at Madhur Canteen.
Contacted, Chhatra League acting president Al Nahian denied the allegations, saying they stayed at the canteen the way they have been doing.
“What can we do if they [JCD men] could not find any chairs to sit on? Do we have to make chair-table for them?” he asked.
JCD general secretary condemned the incident, terming it “political indecency”.
“We would continue coming to the campus and to Madhur Canteen, defying any obstacles,” he added.
After staying there till 11am, the JCD men brought out a procession from the canteen which paraded Arts Building and Memory Eternal premises before ending in the Central Shaheed Minar area.
Earlier on September 23, BCL men swooped on the Chhatra Dal activists as they entered the Dhaka University Campus, leaving nine of the JCD men injured.
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