In the name of ‘student politics’

In the name of ‘student politics

Mushfique Wadud, Khamin and Mohiuddin Alamgir list the various illegal businesses that make student politics so dear to the average student

photos by Al-Emrun Garjon

Riaz Uddin always dreamt of making his son a doctor. So when his son, Abul Kalam Asad Rajib came tenth on the SSC examinations merit list, he considered it the first step in the fulfilment of his dream. Rajib, second of Riaz’s three sons, soon got admitted to Dhaka Medical College. Everything was going according to plan and Riaz only had to wait a few years to become ‘a doctor’s father’.

But soon Rajib became involved in student politics during the early years of his medical college life. He was made general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League in the DMC unit. This year, Rajib was killed in a factional clash of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League’s student front on March 31, 2009, ending the life of a brilliant student and shattering Riaz’s dreams.

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http://www.newagebd.com/2009/may/15/may15/xtra_cover.html