Kuet students demand ban on politics

General students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet) have placed the administrative building under siege to press their demand for ban on student political on the campus, entrance of outsiders and security of life.
They made the demands in a memorandum submitted to Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Nausher Ali yesterday. Over 600 students of all disciplines joined the siege programme that began at 8:30am and was going on as of filing of this report at 5:30pm.
The agitating students said the siege programme will continue until their demands are met.
They said politics of two rival students organisations and political rivalries are not only vitiating academic atmosphere but also hampering administrative work of the university and creating sense of insecurity among general students.
Entrance of outsiders sometimes with arms and lethal weapons in response to call by two rival student organisations during any clash hampers peaceful academic atmosphere and poses threat to our security, they stated in the memorandum.
When contacted, Director of Student Affairs Prof Shibendu Shekhor said the demands of general students are quite logical. 'We will sit with the vice-chancellor to discuss the demands and take measures to ensure a peaceful academic atmosphere on the campus,” he said.