Responding to the call of president Abdul Hamid, the agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University withdrew their movement on Friday.
‘We’ve unconditionally called off our demonstrations showing respects to the chancellor,’ Professor Kamrul Ahsan, member secretary of JU Teachers, Students, Officers and Workers Unity Forum, said at a press conference on the campus.
Earlier, Abdul Hamid, also the chancellor of JU, asked the agitating teachers to unconditionally withdraw their ongoing movement to restore academic atmosphere at the university.
He also asked JU vice-chancellor Professor Anwar Hossain to take necessary steps to immediately hold the Senate polls to build-up the VC panel election.
Since April 27, the members of JU Teachers’ Association have been on a movement demanding the resignation of Anwar Hossain for his reluctance to punish JU unit Bangladesh Chhatra League secretary Rajib Ahmed Russell who physically assaulted a teacher.
After a High Court order on May 24, JUTA backtracked, but later they resumed agitation under a new banner, Sadharan Shikkhak Forum.
No Syndicate, Senate, Academic Council and other important meetings were held in the last six months due to the teachers’ agitation.
The agitating teachers went on an all-out strike on the campus on November 2 and staged sit-in in front of the VC’s residence every day since then.
On Wednesday, a new platform was formed comprising teachers, officers and employees of Jahangirnagar University to strengthen the ongoing movement demanding the removal of the VC.
-With New Age input
