TDS Desk:

The “Droho jatra” concluded on Friday with students, teachers, and people from all walks of life announcing a new programme, along with four-point demand, from the central Shaheed Minar.

The protesters will hold a mass rally in front of the National Press Club at 3pm next Sunday.

Dr Harunur Rashid – a social worker – announced this program on behalf of the students around 5pm, adding, “Our words are very clear. Sheikh Hasina’s government should resign immediately. All detained students should be released.

“Because you have proved your incompetence in running the government. And if you fail to resign, many other similar incidents can be found in our history. You will also share the same fate.”

Echoing the same, President of a section of the Students Union Ragib Naeem said, “Mass arrests must be stopped, and all those arrested should be released. Curfew should be lifted by Sunday.

“All educational institutions should be reopened. The government must resign by Sunday. If these demands are not met, a mass rally will begin from in front of the National Press Club at 3pm Sunday.”

The “Droho Jatra,” organised demanding an end to mass arrests, trial of all murders, release of detained students, withdrawal of curfew, opening of educational institutions and the government’s resignation for killings of students, earlier reached the central Shaheed Minar.

This procession began from the National Press Club towards Shaheed Minar around 3:30pm Friday.

Thousands of teachers, students, cultural workers and people of various classes and professions gathered in front of the National Press Club from 2pm to participate in the “Droho Jatra.” They also sang protest songs and recited poems in front of the press club.

Then around 3:30pm, the procession reached Shaheed Minar from the Press Club through the High Court Majar Gate and Dhaka University’s Doel Chattar. At this time, the premises of Shaheed Minar became a sea of ​​people.

In the premises of Shaheed Minar, the marchers chanted slogans such as, “Ek, dui, tin char, Sheikh Hasina godi chhar,” “Hoi hoi roi roi, Chhatra league gelo koi,” “Sheikh Hasina soirachar, ei muhurte godi chhar, Amar bhai morlo keno, Sheikh Hasina jobab chai, “Amar bhai kobore, khuni keno bahire?,” “Rokter Bonnai, bhese jaabe onnai,” “Guli kore andolon bondho kora jabe na,” and “Ek dafa ek dabi, Sheikh Hasinar podotyag.”