JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway to press for govt resignation

JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway to press for govt resignation

Jahangirnagar University, Aug 04 - The students of Jahangirnagar University blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway as part of ‘all-out non-cooperation movement’ on Sunday morning.

Around 11am, the students started gathering at the Shaheed Minar on the university campus and then proceeded in a procession to the Dhaka-Aricha Highway, where they staged a sit-in.

Students from nearby schools, colleges, and other universities also joined the protest.

As of filing this report, students are still on the highway.

Ahsan Labib, a key coordinator of the JU, said "We have taken to the streets with our one-point demand. We won’t return home until the fall of the dictatorship. Ganabhaban is the people's building, and there will be no place for autocrats there. We have started a new liberation war to free the people. We urge the public to join us on the streets."

The coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on Saturday at historic Suhrawardy Udyan announced the one point demand to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina steps down.-UNB