Members of the Islami University (IU) unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal staged a protest procession and rally on Monday in protest against what they described as activities by the Awami League and the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League across the country.

The procession began around 2:00pm on Monday (August 17), after Chhatra Dal leaders and activists gathered at the university’s Faculty Building. It passed through various roads on the campus and the corridors of the administrative building before ending with a brief rally.

During the procession, the activists chanted various slogans, including “Action to action, direct action,” “Chhatra Dal’s action, direct action,” “Light it up, light the fire,” “There will be no Chhatra League stronghold in Bangladesh,” “Catch the League, punish them,” “Wherever the League is found, they will be beaten,” “If India is a friend, return Sheikh Hasina,” “We demand justice, justice for killer Hasina,” “We demand the death penalty for killer Hasina,” and “Safe campus, Chhatra Dal’s commitment.”

More than 200 leaders and activists from different levels of the organisation were present, including IU Chhatra Dal Convener Md Masud Rumi Mithun, Member Secretary Md Rafiz Ahmed, Senior Joint Convener Md Anwar Parvez and former General Secretary Md Rashedul Islam Rashed.

IU Chhatra Dal Convener Md Masud Rumi Mithun said, “The fascist teachers who are still carrying out activities in the country must be arrested and dismissed from their jobs immediately. These fascist teachers and the banned Chhatra League will have no place on this campus, nor will they have any place in this country.”