The quota reform protesters have vowed to continue their movement until a logical and reasonable solution is reached to end the crisis created over 30 percent quota for freedom fighters and their family members in public jobs.

The protesters came up with the announcement during a press conference in front of the Central Library of Dhaka University (DU) on Saturday.

They also announced fresh programmes, including placing a memorandum to the president and bringing out a road march tomorrow to press home their demand for reform to the quota system in the government jobs.   

While addressing the press conference Hasnat Abdullah, one of the coordinators, will begin the road march towards the Bangabhaban from in front of the Central Library around 11 am and students of many public and private universities will take part in the programme.   

Besides, the protesters have been asked to submit the memorandums to their respective deputy commissioners’ offices across the country through holding road march programmes simultaneously, he said.

The agitated students have been continuing the movement from 1 July and last Sunday, they announced the Bangla Blockade programme to realize their demand.

Following a nationwide student movement against the quota system, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while addressing the parliament on 11 April 2018, announced to abolish all sorts of quota privileges in the public service.

Meanwhile, on 5 June 2024, the High Court declared illegal the government decision that in 2018 cancelled the 30 percent quota system for the freedom fighters' children in the civil service of ninth to 13th grades (first and second classes of jobs).

Protesting the HC declaration, the students of the country’s almost all public and private universities got agitated and started waging protests demanding restoration of the circular issued in 2018 revoking the quota system in the government jobs.

In line with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement, the government on 4 October 2018 issued a circular revoking the 10 percent women quota, 30 percent freedom fighters’ quota and 10 percent district quota for first and second-class government jobs.

Later, Ohidul Islam, president of the Central Command Council of Children and Generations of Freedom Fighters, filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the circular.

Following the writ petition, the HC, in its verdict, declared the circular illegal on 5 June 2018.