Political Crisis in Bangladesh reached the climax

The student protest in Dhaka turned bitter and the state government pressed police force and took reactionary measures to repress.

The current social turmoil in Bangladesh since June 5 has come to a full circle with the resignation of Prime Minister Shekh Hasina on Tuesday. For more than one month, students took to the streets of Dhaka, the capital. They were up in arms to fight against the quota system in government jobs. 

Earlier there was 60 per cent quota for the families of the martyrs of Bangladesh War in 1971. Hasina government outrightly scrapped the reservation procedure leading to consternation among students in universities in Dhaka. The Supreme Court reinstated the quota system but the allotment was not in favour of students. The students wanted  the quota system based on merit. The Supreme Court finally came to the decision to give only seven per cent quota to the families of the martyrs' families, two per cent to the other backward class, transgenders and 93 per cent to the students based on merit. Meanwhile, as the students were fighting against the government, many innocent lives were affected by the upheaval which turned ugly between July 12 and 20. The uncontrollable crowd waz somehow brought under control by deploying rapid action force. Borders were sealed. Export and import business came to a halt. Trucks carrying essential food items were stopped near Petropol border.

Indian students who had no idea about such escalating tension didnt have a choice to move out of the scenario but they too were petrified to come back home since railways and road communication was thwarted. Somehow they managed to return with their lives since protests were by then had changed its colour. The political crisis now grew bigger as police declared curfew and gave shoot-at-sight order to create fear. They threw tear gas and rubber bullets at students. Notwithstanding the political crisis, the government administration run by the Prime Minister Shekh Hasina felt the pressure since buildings were set on fire. Several areas in Dhaka like Rampur, Narayanganj, Heely. In the last one month, more than 300 people were killed during protests by the Opposition Awami League.

The inability of the government to bring back normalcy ead the Prime Minister flee the country. Seventy-six-year old Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of the President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibar Rahman known as Banga Bandhu who had close ties with India.

(Bangladesh Violence: बांग्लादेश में प्रधानमंत्री शेख हसीना के इस्तीफे की मांग को लेकर बवाल चल रहा है. इस झड़प में अब तक कम से कम 100 लोगों की मौत भी हो गई है. प्रदर्शनकारी हिंदुओं को निशाना बना रहे हैं. रविवार को हुई भीषण झड़प में 14 पुलिसकर्मियों समेत 100 लोगों की मौत हो गई और सैकड़ों अन्य घायल हो गए. कट्टरपंथियों ने हिंदुओं और मंदिरों पर हमले किए. द इंडियन एक्सप्रेस की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, इस्कॉन और काली मंदिरों समेत हिंदुओं के घरों को निशाना बनाया गया. हंगामे को देखते हुए भक्तों को शरण लेने के लिए मजबूर पड़ा. हिंसा में एक हिंदू की भी मौत हुई है. ऐसे में भारत सरकार ने एडवाइजरी जारी की है.  भारत ने लोगों को यात्रा से बचने को कहा. बांग्लादेश में इस समय इंटरनेट और मोबाइल नेटवर्क बंद कर दिया गया है, वहां पूरे देश में कर्फ्यू लागू है.) (ABP live)