JCD announces agitation programme on July 21, 22

The BNP’s student wing, the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), has announced a two-day agitation in protest against the arrest of its President, Rajib Ahsan. 

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 20 July 2015, 01:51 PM
Updated : 20 July 2015, 01:53 PM

The student front has termed the arrest a ‘conspiracy’.
 
It has planned agitations in district headquarters, metropolitan areas and universities on Tuesday, JCD Vice-President Nazmul Hasan said at a press briefing in Dhaka on Monday.
 
He said they will stage demonstrations in various educational institutions in upazila and municipality areas on Wednesday.
 
JCD chief and five others were arrested from Lebukhali Pier at Dumki around 11pm on Sunday night, allegedly with 45 Yaba pills and a bottle of hard liquor.
 
Nazmul Hasan told the media on Monday: “The government staged the drama of arresting a popular student front president with narcotics only to cover up the nefarious activities of Chhatra League across the country.”
 
Bangladesh Chhatra League is the student wing of the ruling Awami League.
 
He said Ahsan was returning to Dhaka from his village home in Barisal after offering prayers at his father’s grave and visiting relatives.
 
He said the arrest was planned to undermine the ‘shooting popularity’ of the party.
 
“Rajib Ahsan has been arrested at a time when we are at the final stage of reorganising different wings of the Chhatra Dal. We condemn the arrest.”
 
He said the JCD chief’s arrest followed the detention of its Jahangirnagar University unit President Jakir Hossain with a crude bomb a couple of days ago.
 
“The incidents were planned to tarnish the image of the leadership,” he alleged.