Violent Clashes Over Government Jobs Quota System Leave Scores Injured In Bangladesh | News18 | N18G

Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh’s capital, authorities and students said Tuesday.

The violence spread early Tuesday at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, where protesters demanded an end to a quota reserved for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971, allowing them to take up 30% of governmental jobs. While job opportunities have expanded in Bangladesh’s private sector, many find government jobs stable and lucrative.

Each year, some 3,000 such jobs open up to nearly 400,000 graduates.Protesters argue such quota appointments are discriminatory and should be merit-based. Some even said the current system benefits groups supporting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Some Cabinet ministers criticized the protesters, saying they played on students' emotions.

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Source: Reuters and AP

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