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Chhatra Dal activists brought out a procession on
Dhaka University campus yesterday demanding unconditional
release of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and her two
sons Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko. NN
photo

DU Correspondent

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, yesterday staged demonstration on Dhaka University campus demanding release of all national leaders particularly Begum Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman.

JCD declared that it would observe consecutive programmes which will include student chain on July 13, hunger strike on July 15 and submission of memorandum to the Chief Adviser on July 17 to realise their demands.

JCD activists from different universities and colleges gathered in the morning in front of the Modhu`s canteen of the university and brought out a demonstration that paraded throughout the campus. Later, a rally was held at the Aparajeyo Bangla.

Denouncing the upcoming local government election, acting president of the organisation Sultan Slahuddin Tuku said the present government was not capable to run the country, they had failed to control the soaring of prices of commodities.

He urged the government to hold national election before holding the local government election.

General secretary Shafiul Bari Babu, vice president Babu Jayanta Kumar Kunda, Ekramul Haque Biplab, Shahidul Islam Babul, organising secretary Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel, Bazlul Chowdhury Abed and DU unit president Hasan Mamun, among others, spoke in the rally.