Polytechnic students issue 48-hr ultimatum

Students from polytechnic institutes threatened to launch a long march to Dhaka if the government fails to respond to their six-point demand within the next 48 hours.

The warning was delivered around 12:00 pm on Sunday (April 20) by Mizanur Rahman, a representative of the Polytechnic Students' Movement, during a district-based gathering held outside the Women’s Polytechnic Institute in Agargaon, Dhaka.

He said that if there is no announcement from the government accepting the demands within the next 48 hours, students of all polytechnic institutes across the country will observe the 'Long March to Dhaka' program.

Meanwhile, Habibur Rahman, another representative said "We boycott all discussions staying in AC rooms. We will launch a strict program if our demands are not met."

"We will leave all this and return to class only when the discrimination in the technical education sector is eliminated. We no longer believe in verbal assurances," he added.