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JS body to probe campus violence

By Staff Correspondent
Parliament decided on Monday to set up a special parliamentary committee to probe the campus violence and recommend measures to restore a congenial academic atmosphere in all educational institutions.
Deputy Leader of the House and Education Minister Prof Badruddoza Chowdhury winding up the discussion on campus violence in Parliament proposed the formation of the 15-member committee headed by Law and Justice Minister Mirza Golam Hafiz.
As many as 28 MPs participated in the two-day discussion which began Sunday.
Professor Chowdhury said
that a section of political leaders was not only protecting the armed terrorists but also patronising them directly or indirectly.
He said that armed terrorists whoever they be must be identified and brought to book. He said that he would request the Home Ministry to take all possible actions against those linked to violence in educational institutions.
Responding to suggestions by some of the MPs the Education Minister said he would welcome a joint declaration of the BNP, Awami League, Jamaat-e-Islaml. JSD (Inu) and Chhatra Maltri. mak-
Ing a general appeal to students to stop the arms race on the campuses.
Professor Chowdhury said that the government was actively considering the proposals for preparing a code of "conduct for political parties and student organisations and establishing a private university to solve the problems tn higher education.
Referring to other proposals like raising of campus police. stringent laws against extortion of tolls ranging from 10-year sentences to the death penalty. auto promotion to the aged student leaders, modification of the University Ordinance he said that these would be finalised after further consultations with al) political parties.
Badruddoza Chowdhury urged the political leadership not to provide any shelter to the terrorists and asked the student organisations to disown armed hooligans
The political leadership should discard the philosophy that students are weapons for pulling down a government or for capturing power.' he added.
The Education Minister said that campus violence was not only a political problem but also an outburst of the frustration and unrest orevaiiing in socio-economic life.
Regarding the violence in Chittagong University he informed Parliament that Jamaat leader Mauiana Mattur Rahman Nizami told him that the student wing of the Jamaat In Chittagong withdraw its programme after his visit to the residence of the Vice Chancellor of the University
Fifteen members. took part in yesterday's discussion. They are : Tofaei Ahmed. Rahmat All. Dr Mlzanul Haque. Shamsul Haque and Mohiuddln Ahmed of the Awami League. Fazlul Rahman Pa tai. Selina Rahman. Khurshida Jahan Haq. and Alamglr Kabir of the BNP. Suranjit Sengupta (CP). Manlrul Haque Chowdhury (JP). Sheikh Ansar All (Jamaat). Shahjahan Siraj (JSD). Shamsuddoha (CPB) and Nurul Islam Moni (Ind).
Khurshida Jahan Haq in her speech said that Zlaur Rahman and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were the two legendary leaders of the War of Independence. But the two leaders had been separated from each other due to some
She said that the unity of the two parties achieved through the passage of the lllh and 12th Amendment Bills should be retained for the sake of the nation.
Suranjit Sengupta said that education could not be Isolated from the total social condition
He said that terrorism with its roots in all spheres of life, should be uprooted through the unity of the political par
Selina Rahman of the BNP said that terrorism rooted it-
self in the campuses during the Pakistan period, it was again patronised by the government during the last nine-year autocratic rule.
She said that there was no such terrorism In the educational institutions during the post-independence period and the period of the BNP regime.
Tofaei Ahmed demanded the formation of an all-party committee to uproot terrorism from educational Institutions through discussions.
He said that democracy would not be placed on a firm footing if the law and order situation was not controlled and the terrorists remained at large.
He said that the killers of Bangabandhu were still moving In broad daylight and carrying weapons.
Shahjahan StraJ said that terrorists should be given a month to deposit arms.
He also said that an all-party committee should sit together to take a decision as soon as possible.
CPB leader Shamsuddoha said that government should not allow the admission of persons not students into educational Institutions He said that corruption tn educational arena should be resisted at art costs.