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Students demonstrating against quotas in government jobs decided not to hold any blockade programmes tomorrow.
However, they would continue to boycott classes and exams, demanding the reinstatement of a 2018 order that abolished quotas.
Nahid Islam, a DU student and one of the organisers of the movement, said, "We will coordinate with students across the country tomorrow to go for tougher movement on Wednesday."
"However, our ongoing student strike will continue. We have not withdrawn the blockade. Instead, we are preparing for a full-scale blockade. We will announce our programme for Wednesday soon," he added.
Earlier, on the second day of the pre-announced "Bangla Blockade" programme, university students across the country on Monday (8 July) blocked highways, streets, and railways demanding the abolishment of all types of "irrational and discriminatory" quotas in all grades of government jobs.
The High Court on 5 June ordered the government to retain the 30% freedom fighter quota in government jobs.
It also declared illegal the circular issued on 4 October 2018 cancelling the quota system.
Soon after the verdict, students announced their non-stop movement.
The quota system was introduced through an executive order in 1972 and was amended several times.
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