So far, more than four and a half thousand Indian students have been returned to the country, as informed by the Ministry of External Affairs of India. Not only Indians, but students from Nepal, Bhutan, and the and the Maldives are also coming to India from troubled Bangladesh. Neighbouring countries in India became restless around the movement that started demanding quota reform. Students of different colleges and universities in Bangladesh joined the movement by coming down the road. The intensity of that movement gradually increased.
And Sheikh Hasina’s government took strict measures to control that movement. The army, along with the police, were brought down on the streets of Dhaka. Army tanks are also patrolling. In such a situation, the foreign students going to study at different universities in that country were terrified. They started trying to return home. Most of them are Indians. The Indian government took action as soon as the matter was noticed. The Indian embassy of that country started communicating with the students. The process of bringing them back to India started step by step.
On Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs informed us that more than four and a half thousand students have returned to India so far. The embassy has taken the necessary steps to ensure their safety. Some Indians have been repatriated by land from certain immigration centres in Bangladesh. The rest are being flown in. The ministry also said that regular communication is being made with the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh and airlines. The rest of the students will also be brought back quickly.
Bangladesh is in turmoil over quota reforms. According to the news agency AFP, the death toll in this movement is 151. The protests that have been going on for the past few weeks have intensified since last Monday. Student protests started at Dhaka University. After that, the fire of protest spread to different parts of Bangladesh. Countless people came down the road.
The demand for scrapping all quotas except reservation for castes from jobs intensified. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ruled on Sunday that there will be a total of seven percent reservation in government jobs in the country. Five percent of it will be reserved for the children of freedom fighters. Out of the two percent, 1 percent will be reserved for Other Backwards Classes, and the remaining 1 percent will be reserved for the disabled and the third gender. 93 percent of recruitment will be based on merit.
