DHAKA NEWS
Jahangirnagar University, Apr 30 As the teachers-students' agitation seeking ouster of Jahangirnagar University vice chancellor Sharif Enamul Kabir gains strength, people close to Kabir seem to have started deserting him.
The students on Monday continued to protest against Saturday's beating of cultural activists by 'members' of Bangladesh Chhatra League, reportedly patronised by Kabir.
Hundreds of students carrying took out a torchlight procession in the evening.
Meanwhile, members of Shikkhok Somaj, a teachers' platform, continued their siege of the VC's residence to press for his resignation for appointing 'unskilled' and 'unnecessary' teachers.
Giving a boost to the agitation, three teachers, reportedly loyal to the VC, in a statement on Monday said they had lost confidence in the current administration and expressed concern over the 'undemocratic acts' of its top officials.
The three teachers are Social Science Faculty dean Sajed Ashraf Karim, Bengali Department teacher Prithila Naznin Nilima and Computer Science Department's Prof Hanif Ali, all members of another platform of teachers loyal to the beleaguered VC.
Some others who had been regularly attending the programmes of pro-VC teachers were also absent from Monday's programmes.
Sacheton Karmokarta-Karmachari, a platform of officials and employees of the university, has also expressed solidarity with the protesting teachers and students.
On Sunday, former VC Prof Abdul Bayes, who had been supporting Kabir, had stepped down as the dean of the Business Studies Faculty.
The students on Monday continued to protest against Saturday's beating of cultural activists by 'members' of Bangladesh Chhatra League, reportedly patronised by Kabir.
Hundreds of students carrying took out a torchlight procession in the evening.
Meanwhile, members of Shikkhok Somaj, a teachers' platform, continued their siege of the VC's residence to press for his resignation for appointing 'unskilled' and 'unnecessary' teachers.
Giving a boost to the agitation, three teachers, reportedly loyal to the VC, in a statement on Monday said they had lost confidence in the current administration and expressed concern over the 'undemocratic acts' of its top officials.
The three teachers are Social Science Faculty dean Sajed Ashraf Karim, Bengali Department teacher Prithila Naznin Nilima and Computer Science Department's Prof Hanif Ali, all members of another platform of teachers loyal to the beleaguered VC.
Some others who had been regularly attending the programmes of pro-VC teachers were also absent from Monday's programmes.
Sacheton Karmokarta-Karmachari, a platform of officials and employees of the university, has also expressed solidarity with the protesting teachers and students.
On Sunday, former VC Prof Abdul Bayes, who had been supporting Kabir, had stepped down as the dean of the Business Studies Faculty.
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