Key Highlights
- SECRU students blockade Agargaon intersection demanding professional recognition of farmers and three-point demands.
- Students took out a procession from the campus at 11:30 am on Thursday and took up their position.
- Due to the blockade, traffic on Agargaon road is closed, ordinary passengers are in extreme distress.
- Students have announced to continue the agitation until their demands are met.
Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SBU) are holding a blockade program at Agargaon intersection to demand professional recognition of agriculturists and three-point rights.
On Thursday (August 28), at 11:30 am, the students took a procession from the campus and took up position at Agargaon intersection. Under the banner of Krishibid Oikya Parishad, they called for the realization of their demands by raising various slogans.
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Public suffering during the blockade
Due to the blockade, traffic on that road in the Agargaon area was stopped. Office-goers and ordinary passengers suffered greatly.
Three-point demands of the students:
1. No one except those with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture will be able to use the title “Agriculturist” next to their name.
2. Grade 10 jobs in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation should be kept open only for agriculturists.
3. The quota of BADC should be abolished.
Students’ Position
During the blockade, students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University said,
তাদের দাবি যতক্ষণ না মেনে নেয়া হবে ততক্ষণ তারা আন্দোলন চালিয়ে যাবেন।
Translation: they will continue the movement until their demands are accepted.
Source: somoynews.tv
