Bangladesh is Burning! , What's Wrong?

 

 Bangladesh is Burning! , What's Wrong?

 Schools and colleges across the country have been shut down and the Bangladesh government has also suspended mobile internet services He made the Muktijoddha de naati Puthra Paab na tale ki raja kara naati Puthra Paab This kind of low level argument does not suit a Prime Minister. Now the protesters are also calling Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as dictator. Hello friends, last month in Bangladesh, a large number of people protested. Students took to the streets to protest. Initially these protests were peaceful but now the situation has taken a very scary and violent turn.

 A military curfew has been declared in Bangladesh. Troops on the streets are strict The curfew is a near blackout of communications. Schools and colleges across the country have been shut down, and the Bangladesh government has also cut off mobile internet services. Suspended. At least 150 people have been killed and thousands injured in these violent clashes. Protesters are now calling Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a dictator. What is the reason behind all this? Let's understand the entire situation in detail. From

 In today's video, the direct reason behind these protests is reservation, friends. Bangladesh's youth is protesting against the quota system of their government, the quota system according to which 56% of jobs are reserved separately in the public sector of Bangladesh. For different sections of society, this means that there are only 44 such jobs where employment can be obtained on the basis of merit. This system is quite different from India because here the majority of reservation is not based on caste but on the basis of freedom fighter. To understand this better, we have to go into the history of Bangladesh

Before independence, as you must be knowing, Bangladesh used to be a part of Pakistan. At that time it was called East Pakistan and today of Pakistan to West Pakistan It is said that at that time there was a social discussion against East Pakistan. Majority of the people here spoke Bengali and less than 10% of the people spoke Urdu language but still West Pakistan imposed Urdu language on East Pakistan. Apart from this, there was economic discrimination against Pakistan. 59% of the country's exports came from East Pakistan. (02:17) But only 25% of industrial investments went to East Pakistan. In November 1970, when Bhola cyclone hit, an estimated 3 lakh people died in East Pakistan. One of the deadliest tropical cyclones of the last century in the world In 1970 a massive storm swept it the Bay of Bengal drowning 500,000 people It was one of the worst natural disasters anywhere but West Pakistan did not make much effort to provide relief to the people here Not only this, there was political discrimination as well. In the 1970 elections, East Pakistan had 162

 There were 138 seats in West Pakistan In West Pakistan people voted for different political parties but in East Pakistan the Over Welminic Party which was being led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won this election The result would have been that the Awami League would have governed both East and West Pakistan, but the military of West Pakistan did not want this at all. The then Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Military, Yahya Khan, refused to accept this election result. Martial law was imposed on East Pakistan and

 In response Sheikh Mujibur Rahman started a civil disobedience movement called Baade Sangram Saad Sangram as a protest. At the same time, the military of West Pakistan committed atrocities on a massive scale in East Pakistan. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested and lakhs of people were killed. A genocide took place in East Pakistan. Around 1 crore people had to take refuge in India. Approximately 50% of the population of East Pakistan was internally displaced and it was after this that we saw the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. 

 This was the same war where India helped and got freedom for Bangladesh under The Prime Ministership of Indira Gandhi Mujahid Rama The Leader of East Pakistan Declared the Region an Independent Republic and He Should Be Called Bangladesh The Land of the Bengalis in East Pakistan who fought for independence which led to Bangladesh becoming an independent country These were freedom fighters. These freedom fighters are relevant in today's situation because of this quota system because friends, in this quota system of Bangladesh, 30% jobs have been reserved for the descendants of freedom fighters. 

 Apart from this, there are some other jobs. There are other reservations such as 10% for women, 10% for district quota for backward districts, 5% for ethnic minorities and 1% reservation is for those people who have physical disabilities. If you add up all these numbers, the total reservation becomes 56%. But the majority share out of 56% is this 30% quota for freedom fighters. See this article for those studying in Dhaka University. Faheem Farooqi, a third year International Lessons student who is also a protester, says that this protest is basically for reform of the quota

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