Pro-Jamaat-e-Islami teachers announce participation in RUCSU elections

Amid the “complete shutdown” at Rajshahi University over demands to reinstate the “dependent quota”, teachers supporting the Jamaat-e-Islami have announced their participation in the central students’ union (RUCSU) elections.

The announcement was made by the Bangladesh Public University Teachers' Council, an organisation of pro-Jamaat teachers, during a press briefing outside the university’s Deans Complex Building at 5:30pm on Monday.

At the time, JAM Shoquilur Rahman, president of the organisation’s university branch, read out a brief written statement.

He said, “We will involve teachers to ensure the RUCSU elections are held smoothly, and we demand exemplary punishment for those behind the Sept 20 incident.

“Many teachers are with us. We won’t comment on the work stoppage, but we will fully cooperate in the elections.”

About the pro-Jamaat teachers’ stance, Prof Amirul Islam of the Jatiyatabadi Teachers’ Forum said: “Our complete shutdown will continue. We have not decided to withdraw yet, and we do not know who made this announcement.”