{"id":28523,"date":"2024-07-21T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstimers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/21\/explained-how-did-the-bangladesh-job-quota-system-lead-to-deadly-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-07-21T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T18:12:00","slug":"explained-how-did-the-bangladesh-job-quota-system-lead-to-deadly-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstimers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/21\/explained-how-did-the-bangladesh-job-quota-system-lead-to-deadly-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Explained: How Did The Bangladesh Job Quota System Lead To Deadly Protests?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bangladesh Quota Protest:<\/strong> After a week of violent protests that claimed 139 lives in Bangladesh, the Supreme Court abolished the controversial job quota system on Sunday.\u00a0The demonstrations started a month back when the High Court reinstated a quota system for government jobs, reversing a 2018 decision by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#8217;s government to scrap it. This system, which reserved 30% of jobs for families of those who fought in the 1971 war for independence from Pakistan, had been scrapped after similar student protests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What Did The Supreme Court Said?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, the top court ordered that 93% of government jobs be awarded based on merit, reserving only 5% for families of independence fighters and 2% for disadvantaged groups and the disabled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Job Quota System?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Bangladesh started a quota system for government jobs in 1972, which has changed over the years. When the system ended in 2018, 56% of government jobs were reserved for certain groups. Most of these jobs went to families of freedom fighters, women, and people from underdeveloped districts, with smaller portions for indigenous communities (5%) and disabled people (1%).\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>The students protesting want to get rid of all the quotas except the ones for indigenous communities and disabled people.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<h2>What Turned The Protest Deadly?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Student protests intensified when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refused to meet their demands, citing the ongoing court proceedings. She further inflamed tensions by calling the protesters \u2018razakar,\u2019 a derogatory term for those who collaborated with Pakistan&#8217;s army during the 1971 independence war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, protests became violent when thousands of anti-quota demonstrators clashed with members of the student wing of Hasina&#8217;s Awami League party. Police responded by firing rubber bullets, sound grenades, and tear gas to disperse the protesters, who had blocked railway tracks and major roads.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>According to an Associated Press\u2019 reporter, border guard officials were firing at a crowd of over 1000 protestors as they gathered outside the national television broadcaster\u2019s office and set the building on fire.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a Reuters report, around 32 million young people in a population of 170 million are neither working nor studying. The economy, which used to be one of the fastest-growing in the world, has slowed down. Inflation is around 10%, and the country&#8217;s dollar reserves are decreasing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangladesh Quota Protest: After a week of violent protests that claimed 139 lives in Bangladesh, the Supreme Court abolished the controversial job quota system on Sunday.\u00a0The demonstrations started a month back when the High Court reinstated a quota system for government jobs, reversing a 2018 decision by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina&#8217;s government to scrap it. 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