They carried out this program by blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway near the main gate of the university on Sunday around 12 noon. As per earlier announcement, the blockade program continues till 1 pm. It caused a long traffic jam on both sides of the road.
This program was held under the banner of anti-discrimination movement. At this time, Jabi students sat on the street. 'Principle of the Constitution, Equality of Opportunity', 'Sara Banglaay Khabar, Bury the Quota System', 'The Tool of Eighteen, Let it Roar Again', 'Quota System, Want to Cancel, Want to Cancel', 'Against Quota System, Direct Action', 'Quota' They chanted slogans such as 'no merit, merit merit', 'there is no place for discrimination in Bengal during the liberation war'.
The rest of the demands of the students are that, subject to the 2018 circular being upheld, the commission should be constituted as soon as possible to eliminate unreasonable and discriminatory quotas in government jobs (all grades) and only backward and disadvantaged groups can be considered according to the constitution; Quota facility cannot be availed more than once in the recruitment examination of government jobs and in case of non-availability of eligible candidates in the quota, the vacancies shall be appointed on merit basis; Effective measures should be taken to ensure a corruption-free, impartial and merit-based bureaucracy.
Students protested by blocking the highway for four consecutive days from July 1 for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 1 hour 40 minutes and 35 minutes respectively. After a break of two days last Friday and Saturday, JABI students blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway for the fifth day today.