The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Student wings of the two major political parties are gearing up their agitation on the Dhaka University campus to press their demand for the release of BNP chief Khaleda Zia and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina.

The two organisations, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)-yesterday staged demonstration separately on the campus as part of their movement.

A good number of JCD activists took part in the demonstration and held a rally at the 'Battala' near the Arts Building of the university. It was addressed by JCD central general secretary Shafiul Bari Babu, senior vice-president Sultan Salah Uddin Tuku, organising secretary Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, DU unit president Hasan Mamu and general secretary Saiful islam Firoz, among others.

BCL also brought out a procession from Modhu`s Canteen and held a rally at the Aparajeyo Bangla. Addressing the rally BCL president Mahmud Hasan Ripon urged the government to release Sheikh Hasina for her better treatment. Otherwise, the government would have to face tougher mass movement, he warned.

"The government has no right to delay the national election on different pleas because its only one function is to hand over the power to the elected representatives of the people by holding polls," he said.

BCL DU unit president Sheikh Sohel Rana Tipu, general secretary Sazzad Sakib Badsha, among others, spoke at the rally.

A group of students under the banner of 'Protest oppression student movement" held a rally at the Aparajeyo Bangla alleging that India is trying to create famine in the country in a planned way.

Later, they moved toward the Indian Embassy as per their previous decision but the police intercepted them at the Shahbagh intersection.