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Published : 14 Jul 2026, 08:10 PM
A Facebook page calling itself the Broiler Chicken Party has emerged amid student protests demanding the resignation of Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon, following his alleged remark in which he referred to HSC candidates as "farm chickens".
The page has no formal organisational structure and exists only on Facebook.
However, some social media users have compared it with India's satirical "Cockroach Janata Party", which gained widespread attention earlier this year.
Students across Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh have been demonstrating since Tuesday morning against the decision to continue HSC examinations despite heavy rainfall and flooding in several districts.
Throughout the day, the Broiler Chicken Party page shared updates, photos and videos of the protests.
Created shortly after midnight on Monday under Facebook's personal blog category, the page had around 1,500 followers by 5:30pm on Tuesday.
That number had exceeded 1,800 by 6pm.
The phrase "farm chickens" also featured prominently in protest slogans, with demonstrators chanting: "Who are you? Who are we? Farm chickens," and "Who said it? The education minister".
The slogan appears to have originated from an audio recording circulating on social media, in which a man, speaking to a woman who repeatedly addresses him as "Sir", is heard discussing HSC candidates.
In the recording, the man says: "I was saying at the meeting that they are farm chickens. If rain falls on their heads, they catch a fever. My daughter does. They will run and jump to the exam centre, get soaked in the rain and won't be able to sit the next day's exam properly. Then I called the director general at the weather broadcasting centre, and they said it would stop raining overnight."
Protesting students claim the voice belongs to Education Minister Milon.
However, bdnews24.com has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the recording or identify the speaker.
Attempts to contact the minister for comment were unsuccessful.
The page's biography reads: "We were not humiliated. We were awakened."
In one post, the page says: "Mr Milon, if these 'farm chickens' had not taken to the streets, someone like you would not be a minister today. You have completely failed to honour the office you hold. Step down with dignity."
The identities of those behind the page remain unclear.
However, verified Facebook pages of several regional branches of the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Jatiya Sramik Shakti appeared among its followers.
Protesters on the ground expressed severe grievances.
Mohsin Sheikh, a Dhaka College student demonstrating at the Science Laboratory intersection, argued that exams went ahead without ensuring equal opportunities for flood-hit candidates.
A BAF Shaheen College student added that the minister had failed to maintain uniform question papers, pointing out that the Chattogram board exams had to be suspended, and demanded full accountability for the offensive remarks.
