The quota reform movement has spread heat among students and general public across the country. Apart from the capital Dhaka, protesting students are holding road blockades and protest programs in various educational institutions of the country. Bangladesh national team cricketers Nazmul Shanto, Tawhid Hriday and Shariful Islam opened up about this movement of students.
Shariful and Hridoy are currently in Sri Lanka to play in the Lankan Premier League (LPL). Even though they are outside the country, they responded to the current unstable situation of the country on social media.
Tiger pacer Shariful gave a brief status on his official Facebook. He wrote, 'I am a cricketer but a student. I don't want any more students to bleed.'
Dhaka University student Hriday also wrote on his verified Facebook, “I am away from everything, so I have not seen much. May the Dhaka University of my life not be bloody?
Tiger captain Nazmul Shanto also posted a Facebook status saying, 'I was silent, but I am not blind', which is believed to be a reference to this movement.
On Sunday, Dhaka University area, the quota movement students and Chhatra League leaders and activists chased each other several times throughout the day. Many students were also injured in this untoward incident. After the pictures and videos of the attacked students were spread on the Internet, there was a storm of condemnation.
The students are still continuing their agitation for quota reform in different places of Dhaka city including Science Lab intersection, Gabtali-Mohammadpur Embankment, New Bazaar, Madhyabadda to Bashundhara residential area, Kuril Bishwa road.