Bu teachers express solidarity with student protests, declare VC unwanted

Teachers have now directly expressed solidarity with the students participating in the ongoing movement demanding the resignation of Barishal University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Suchita Sharmin. On Thursday (May 8) at 11:30 am, teachers joined the sit-in program of the students on the ground floor of the university. Later, they brought out a protest procession, toured the Dhaka-Kuakata highway, and returned to the same place. On this day, expressing solidarity with the movement, the director of the student counseling and guidance center and the acting librarian resigned.

Earlier, three more teachers left their administrative posts. Among the teachers participating in the sit-in program were Professor Dr. Muhsin Uddin of the English Department, Chairman of the Coastal Studies and Disaster Management Department Dr. Hafiz Ashraful Haque, Sanjay Kumar Sarkar of the Bangla Department, ATM Rafiqul Islam of the Botany Department, and Sirajis Sadik of the Public Administration Department, among others. Professor Muhsin Uddin said, "I have been illegally and humiliatingly excluded from the Academic Council and Syndicate meetings.

This is a sign of the arbitrary suppression policy of the administration." Former proctor ATM Rafiqul Islam said, "I do not agree with the case filed in the name of the students. The case filed against students who are like my children can by no means be accepted." Sujoy Biswas Shubo, speaking for the protesting students, stated, "The GST admission test is on Friday. The Vice-Chancellor will not be allowed to enter the campus, but cooperation with the examinees will continue."

Employees engaged on a 'no work, no pay' basis have also expressed solidarity with this movement. The protesters have declared the Vice-Chancellor unwanted on the campus on Friday.