Students relax fast-unto-death programme as guardians fall ill
Unsuccessful candidates of 27th BCS examinations continue hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR
The candidates who came out successful in the first phase result of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations but became unsuccessful as per the second phase result yesterday relaxed their fast-unto-death programme as many of their guardians fell ill in the last few days.
They have been observing the programme along with their guardians at Central Shaheed Minar in the city since November 1.
“At least 150 of our guardians have already fallen ill and undergoing treatment in different city hospitals. So, we have decided to relax the programme and to continue it by rotation until our demands are met,” agitating candidates said at a press conference at the same venue yesterday.
However, the candidates vowed that they would stay at the Shaheed Minar until the government gives validity to the first-phase viva result.
They hoped that the gazette, which approved the appointment of 3,046 candidates who became successful as per the results of the second phase, would not be published until their demands are met.
They also demanded removal of Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Dr Saadat Hussain.
They expressed their hope that the government would take a positive decision about their appointment in Sunday's cabinet meeting as per the assurance of the chief adviser.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed assured a delegation of Dhaka University (DU) led by its Vice Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz that the issue will be discussed in the next cabinet meeting scheduled to be held on Sunday.
The DU team at a meeting with the chief adviser at his office placed a one-page recommendation to resolve the crisis.
Meanwhile, the candidates would continue their demonstrations till Sunday to press home their demands.
Azam Sawdagar read out a written statement at the press conference.
Meanwhile, candidates who came out successful both in the first and second phase results in a statement said that if the first phase results of the exam were not reinstated, they would be the worst suffers, says a press release.
“We did not find our expected cadres in the second-phase viva result as we were marked for our success in the first-phase result. If we get appointment as per the second phase result, it would create complicacy in our job in the future. So we demand our appointment as per the first phase result,” they said.
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