Awami student wing chief says working to restore democracy

NEW DELHI: The “biggest students organization in Bangladesh” has been regrouping through social media and working to restore a democratic system in the country by ousting the current undemocratic regime, Chhatra League president Saddam Hussain told TOI on Saturday from an undisclosed location. He has been in hiding since the Awami League’s student wing, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1948, was banned by the interim govt under Muhammad Yunus on Oct 23.
In their first reaction to the ban on Chhatra League (CL), 90 lakh people changed their profile pictures on Facebook to the CL symbol, Hussain said, adding that the number was “very encouraging for us”. “Social media is the only way that we are able to connect and stay together and plan our moves,” Hussain said.
Hussain further said, “Since the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime punished war criminals (Bangladesh’s War of Liberation), they (the present regime) is trying to take revenge.” According to the CL leader, over a lakh students are unable to continue their studies in colleges and universities across Bangladesh. “They are being beaten up while trying to attend classes”.