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Dhaka: Several teachers from private primary schools were charged with baton and water cannons by the Bangladeshi police authorities on Wednesday as they protested against the interim government.
At least six people, including two women, were hurt during the protest rally held near the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.
Shahinur Rahman, one of the injured said that they were marching towards Jamuna, the residence of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus from the Jatiya Press Club, to press their legitimate demands, but police used water cannons and charged batons on them unjustifiably.
The protest was held under the banner of ‘Bangladesh Non-government Primary Teachers Association’, reported Bangladesh’s Daily Star newspaper.
“Our demand is the nationalisation of private primary schools. We were marching towards Jamuna, but water cannons were used against us. Why such discrimination? If the government had taken proper measures, we would not have had to take to the streets,” another leading daily Dhaka Tribune quoted a teacher named Liakat Ali as saying.
Earlier, the association’s General Secretary, Firoz Uddin said that thousands of private primary schools in the country have not been nationalised due to political vendetta and bureaucratic complications due to which nearly 800,000 students have been deprived of their fundamental rights.
