Student politics
The decay of student politics: Who is to blame?
Abrar Fahad, a student at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), was brutally tortured to death inside a dorm room of a BCL leader in 2019. Following this appalling incident, BUET general students erupted in anger. As a consequence, student politics was prohibited there by the directives of BUET authorities.
Student politics at BUET should be conducted in a disciplined manner
The great philosopher Aristotle said that politics is the fair solution of a problem through argument without coercion. In a society where various opinions prevail, conflicts are inevitable. However, if conflicts are approached with violence, only terrorism will proliferate. The primary aim of democratic consciousness is to reach decisions through rational debate. Sadly, in our society and state, coercion often takes precedence over reason.
Student politics should not be abolished; it needs to be purified
In the village, there's a saying, 'The poor man's wife is everyone's sister-in-law.' In Bangladesh's politics, student politics is like that poor man's wife. Any mishap leads to blame falling on student politics. Whenever something happens in an educational institution, demands arise to shut down student politics. This trend isn't new; it has been ongoing for a long time. When the leaders of student organizations supported by the ruling party get involved in murder, terrorism, extortion, and corruption scandals, everyone demands the shutdown of student politics. But has any leader of the youth wing ever demanded the cessation of youth politics when they are involved in casino scandals? Many politicians in Bangladesh are embroiled in murders, corruption, tender manipulation, bank looting, and stock market scams; has anyone ever demanded or thought of shutting down politics because of that? Let's leave politics aside. Is there any profession where corruption is absent? There are corrupt individuals in every profession: police, doctors, engineers, journalists. Then why is all the blame directed towards student politics?
HC stays decision banning student politics in BUET
The HC passed the order after the preliminary hearing of a writ petition filed by Imtiaz Rabi, a student and Chhatra League leader who was recently expelled from a hall of BUET.
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