Legal action against those instigating students to take to the street: Quader 

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said legal actions will be taken against those instigating students to take to the street.

"A political party is instigating students to take to the street. Legal action will be taken against the instigators after going over video footage," he said while addressing a BRTA programme on road safety and raising mass awareness at Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka.

Quader questioned why protests are being staged at midnight even after the students' demand for road safety and half bus fare have been accepted and why any incident is quickly being circulated live from the Facebook page of Basher Kella.

Presenting data on several road accidents in recent times, the minister said road accidents cannot be accepted by any means.

Mentioning that questions and allegations have been raised over the death of a student in an accident at Rampura, he asked from where hundreds of people arrived on the scene within 10-12 minutes at midnight and how the news of the accident had spread within minutes.

He said news of death is extremely saddening. "We have taken different initiatives to avert road accidents. We have also accepted the demand of students for half fare on buses," he added.

The minister said: "I think the reasons behind the movement for road safety are not illogical. When the students are concentrating on their studies after stopping their movement, political instigation is being carried out to push the students back on the streets. It is very unfortunate."