Illegal students occupying residential halls are spreading drugs in JU
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Professor Dr. Nazrul Islam of Mathematics department of the University commented that the illegal students in the residential halls of Jahangirnagar University are freely spreading extortion and drugs.
He made this comment at the human chain program organized by Nationalist Teachers' Forum of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Sunday ( January 11) at 1 o'clock on the road adjacent to the central Shaheed Minar of the University to demand justice for those involved in the recent gang-rape incident.
Prof. Nazrul said in his speech, after 25 years, the same incident like rape has been repeated in the University and has been committed by the leaders of the same student organization. Drugs have been linked to rape again. Many students have dropped out of the University due to the menace of drugs. If the Vice-Chancellor pretends not to know about these misdeeds, then he is unfit to hold the post. Chhatra Dal raised a slogan in Beeshmile area and within three minutes the boys of Chhatra League started running. But a graffiti has been drawn for seven-eight hours, it was not seen by them.
Philosophy department Professor Kamrul Ahsan said, RAB said JU administration failed, UGC chairman said JU administration failed. So the question is the responsibility of the Vice-Chancellor and the administration only to stay in the residence? And enjoying the post of Vice-Chancellor in the VC building? The honor of Jahangirnagar University is involved here. If you feel that you have failed as the guardian and VC of Jahangirnagar then where is the problem in admitting it?
He further said that we are standing here, it is not a program of any party, it is a University save movement. There is no reason to think of a political statement as standing under the banner of the Nationalist Teachers' Forum, the question of saving the flag has come up. Since 1998, we have seen when a particular political party is in power under the umbrella of their student body, brilliant students become addicted to drugs, abuse of power and want to prove themselves as thugs of power. We know RAB and UGC have filed complaints against the administration. Let's all speak out against oppressors regardless of party affiliation.
If the administration had taken action against the non-students, then today the University would not have seen this horrible day. Professor Borhan Uddin of the Department of Biochemistry said that the University administration has been able to evict any student from the hall so far. Have you been able to list any of the non-students so far? We demand that the list of valid student room allotments of each hall should be published. In June last year, the students of Mir Mosharraf Hossain Hall sat on hunger strike to evict the illegal students from the hall. At that time, the administration assured him, but nothing was done.
Alleging that BCL seat ministers are controlling 22 halls of Jahangirnagar, Professor Shamshul Alam of the University's government and politics department said that Jahangirnagar University has now become a place where all kinds of crimes are going on, starting from drugs. In Jahangirnagar, most of the students' organizations that the ruling party is stationed in do not have students. How are they positioned? What is the administration doing? Why did the seat crisis in the history of Jahangirnagar, common room culture, start? The only reason is the failure of the administration. It has a proctorial body of large size. Three cars are used but they cannot explore the halls. Five working days have passed; the administration has not yet expelled any student.
Claiming that all irregularities were removed from the University in the movement of 98, Professor AKM Rashidul Alam of the Department of Environmental Science said, why has this unethical activity been completed in a holy place like the University? We need to find out who is responsible for this. Non-students are staying freely in the halls. When I was a house tutor and warden, I went and searched the rooms. But current teachers are not doing that. Of course a database needs to be created on the halls. Information about who lives in which room is required by the administration. Today is the last day of the five-day deadline given to the University administration. I am telling the Vice-Chancellor if you are in the administration and can perform your duties properly, then I will salute you. If not, you have to take the responsibility.
Professor Md. Prof. Nurul Islam, Prof. Jamal Uddin, Prof. Nazrul Islam, Prof. Nasreen Sultana, Prof. Rashidul Alam, Prof. Amir Hossain Bhuiyan, Prof. Borhan Uddin and others also spoke in the human chain program under the chairmanship of Shamchul Alam and conducted by Prof. Mafruhi Sattar of Pharmacy Department.
