Birbhum Girl Returns From Bangladesh Amid Political Tensions Between Students And Govt

The student movement is still going on demanding the abolition of the reservation system. Meanwhile, the Indian government has made arrangements to bring back the Indian students stuck in Bangladesh. Tamanna Parveen from Birbhum returned home via Agartala. Tamanna returned home because the situation was very tense due to the movement demanding reform of the reservation system for government jobs in Bangladesh.

Sumana Sultana, a medical student from Murai village is still stuck. He is a fourth-year student at President Abdul Hamid Medical College in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.

Tamanna got down from the Kanchenjunga Express at Rampurhat railway station in Birbhum at around 3 PM on Monday. With the help of the college authorities, he crossed the border from Agartala and boarded the Kanchenjunga Express on Sunday.

After that, he returned to Rampurhat in Birbhum. When the college opens in the next few days, they will return to Bangladesh to study.

The Ministry of External Affairs has repatriated more than 4500 thousand students, who are already stuck in Bangladesh, to India from different cities of the country in the last two days.

Earlier, India had informed that they will extend its assistance in repatriating students from neighbouring countries. In addition, 500 students from Nepal, 38 students from Bhutan and one student from Maldives were rescued from Bangladesh. All the students have now arrived in India.

The student protest in Bangladesh over a job quota has left nearly 100 dead and hundreds of others injured, with a nationwide curfew imposed in the country and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina cancelling her foreign trips.

Streets of Bangladesh witnessed the most violent scenes of clashes between the students and security forces on Saturday as soldiers patrolled following a week-long unrest.

Communication has snapped since Thursday, including the suspension of mobile data and text message services. The government has cancelled classes in public and private campuses across the country. It has also decided to close medical, textile, engineering and other colleges affiliated with the universities until further notice, according to bdnews24, Bangladesh’s leading news publisher.