Dhaka: Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council on Wednesday threatened to boycott all classes and examinations across the country until specific announcement by the prime minister within seven days regarding quota reform.

‘Different speeches from a number of ministers regarding quota reform issue are not acceptable. We will go for boycotting classes and examinations until we do not get any specific announcement from the Prime Minister,’ said Nurul Haq, joint convener of the student’s platform.

Earlier, Hasan Al Mamun, convener of the platform readout the statement of the council at a press briefing at the Central Library premises in Dhaka University campus around 11:00am.

The council strongly condemned all the attacks on students on different halls of DU and demanded expulsion of those involved in the attack from the university.

They also demanded immediate implementation of the decision taken by the DU authorities to expel Kabi Sufia Kamal hall unit BCL president for attacking a female student of the hall.

Pressure has been created on the conveners of the council of different universities for stopping movement, they alleged. The council strongly protested the incidents and asked those involved in putting pressure on them to express their solidarity with them, said the release.

Earlier in the morning, several hundred students of DU thronged in front of the Central Library and staged demonstration as part of their scheduled programme.

Besides, the students of Shahajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) took position in front of the university gate and staged demonstration for the fourth consecutive day over reform of the quota system.

They also boycotted their classes and examinations.

Movements of university and shuttle buses remained halted as the students intercepted vehicular inside the campus.

Meanwhile, around 5,000 students of Jahangirnagar University took position on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway near the main gate of the campus and staged demonstration demanding quota reform.

The agitating students gathered at the Central Library premises around 9:30am and brought out a procession.

Traffic on the busy highway remained stranded following the incident.

Earlier on Tuesday, the students’ platform announced to go on with the agitation programme until a specific statement from the prime minister to this end is made.

Rashed Khan, joint convener of the platform, came up with the announcement at the foot of Raju Sculpture on the Dhaka University campus around 5:55pm on Tuesday.

He said they continue their movement at all universities and colleges across the country from 10:00sm to 7:00pm every day until their demand is met.