Students want Liberation War sculpture at CU Students want Liberation War sculpture at CU

Chittagong University students yesterday demanded immediate setting up of a sculpture on CU campus as a tribute to the Liberation War.

They also announced to go for a tougher programme if the authority does not decide to build the sculpture before the golden jubilee celebration of CU on November 18.

The demand was made at a press conference held at the Arts and Humanities Faculty.

Speakers at the conference said there are sculptures on the theme of the Liberation War at Dhaka, Rajshahi and Jahangirnagar universities but no such sculptures were built at CU even after its 50 years of establishment.

Due to the indifference of the CU authority and activities of the anti-liberation forces this kind of sculptures were not made, they said.

The authority should immediately erect a sculpture on the theme of the 1971 Liberation War and uphold its history, they said.

They will start a signature campaign to build public opinion in support of the demand from October 1 to 15 and a human chain will be formed on October 18, informed the organisers. 

Bangladesh Chhatra Union CU unit President Mehedi Hasan, CU unit Chhatra Federation President Hasan Kamrul, CU unit Samajtantrik Chhatra Front Convener Fazle Rabby was present among others.