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DU deadlock likely to linger as JCD, BCL still at loggerheads

HASAN JAHID TUSHER
The deadlock at Dhaka University (DU) following the death of a female student in a road crash is likely to linger as the authorities failed to bring the two rival student organisations -- Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) -- to the negotiation table to find a way out.
The death of Shamme Akhter on May 28 sparked a series of violence on the campus, leading to the deadlock between the two student organisations.
The two organisations have been at loggerheads since May 31 when the JCD attacked the BCL men centring on a bomb blast near its rally on the campus.
The JCD also attacked students and activists of other student organisations while they were demonstrating for removal of the proctor on May 29 and 30.
The campus violence prompted the authorities to postpone all the
examinations scheduled for this month. Meanwhile, the summer vacation of the university began on June 1 and the institution is scheduled to reopen on July 1.
Sources said the postponement of around 200 examinations would result in a session jam for about six months, adding to the suffering of some 30,000 students.
Both the student organisations have now been pressuring the authorities to meet their respective demands.
The BCL leaders demanded that the JCD activists responsible for the violence be expelled, otherwise they would launch tougher movements, including indefinite student strike at DU.
on the other hand, the JCD is not allowing the BCL men to enter the campus. It also demands expulsion of BCL men who vandalised the proctor's office.
Sources said there is no initiative to bring back normalcy at DU as Vice Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz has
been waiting for the probe committee report on the basis of which he will take action against the persons responsible for violence.
Worse, the process of investigation into the violence is going on at a snail's pace. The six-member probe committee, headed by Treasurer Prof Syed Rashidul Hasan, has so far taken the interview of only seven teachers of the Institute of Fine Arts.
official sources said the VC has also been facing a dilemma over taking actions against the students responsible as they are either leaders or activists of the JCD.
Though the VC has been seeking cooperation from both the JCD and BCL leaders, they did not pay any heed to his appeal, sources said, adding that only Proctor Prof AKA Firoz Ahmed is assisting the VC and keeping contact with the leaders of the JCD and BCL.
BCL General Secretary Nazrul Islam Babu said they would not sit with the DU authorities until they take action against the JCD cadres
responsible for the violence.
A BCL source also said they might try to enter campus within a couple of days.
JCD General Secretary Shafiul Bari Babu said the students would not resist the BCL if they come to campus after expelling the outsiders, criminals and arms cadres.
"But if the Chhatra League wants to use the campus for political gains, we along with the students and guardians would resist them across the country," Babu added.
At an emergency meeting on Monday, the DU Syndicate urged the VC to continue dialogue with different student organisations to break the deadlock.
The meeting also banned the movement of heavy vehicles through the campus.
Chaired by the VC, the meeting also asked the hall administrations to take necessary measurers to ensure harmony at all residential halls.