Scholar protesters received’t stand down regardless of the highest courtroom decreasing quotas for presidency jobs.
After weeks of widespread unrest in Bangladesh, the Supreme Courtroom has modified a controversial quota system for presidency jobs.
It has considerably decreased the share of public sector positions reserved for battle veterans’ members of the family.
However regardless of the ruling, the protests look like removed from over. Initially pupil led, they’ve grown to incorporate folks pissed off by rising inflation and excessive meals costs.
Dozens of pupil leaders, activists and opposition figures have been arrested.
With troopers on the streets, a nationwide curfew in place and a communications blackout, there are additionally rising requires Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take accountability.
So will the quota reforms be sufficient to revive calm?
Presenter:
Mohammed Jamjoom
Company:
Mubashar Hasan – Political analyst and post-doctoral fellow on the College of Oslo
Zaman Ashraf – Bangladeshi activist who works with the Asian Human Rights Fee
Sreeradha Datta – Professor on the Jindal College of Worldwide Affairs whose analysis focuses on India-Bangladesh relations
