JU teachers start sit-in before VC’s house again

Agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University started an indefinite sit-in in front of Vice Chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain's official residence on Monday night shortly after his return from 12 days of sick leave.
When he was on leave between November 20 and December 2, the agitators had confined the two pro-VCs, demanding an immediate VC panel election to replace Prof Anwar.
Last evening, about five hundred teachers, staff and students brought out a torch procession shouting slogans against the VC.
"We will not back off from the ongoing movement until our demand is met," said one of the protest leaders Prof Kamrul Ahsan.
Prof Anwar, however, called the sit-in a confinement. In a press release, he urged a postponement of the demonstration, saying the JU authorities would gradually take initiatives to meet the chancellor's directives to arrange a VC panel election.
The majority of JU teachers have been demanding Prof Anwar's resignation since February accusing him of committing irregularities in teachers' recruitment, spoiling teacher-student relations, and misusing university funds.