Female leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League on Tuesday burned the effigy of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on the Dhaka University campus, protesting his “indecent remarks” about DNCC's Chief Heat Officer Bushra Afreen.
They alleged that Mirza Fakhrul disrespected the female community of this country through his remarks about Bushra at a press conference.
The Chhatra League leaders and activists from Dhaka University's different hall units, Chittagong University, Rajshahi University, Home Economics College and other institutions joined a human chain at the Raju Memorial Monument of Dhaka University around 11:45am before burning the effigy.
During the protest, they said the comment that the BNP secretary general made about DNCC's chief heat officer is totally unexpected.
Such behaviour is totally unacceptable from a responsible person who is holding an important position in a political party, they said.
The Chhatra League leaders and activists said they will announce a harsher programme unless Mirza Fakhrul seeks apology publicly for the remark. Later, they burned an effigy of Fakhrul in front of the Raju Memorial Monument.
At one point of his speech, the BNP leader on Saturday at a press conference at DRU said, "They bring children from abroad and give them jobs in the city corporation. The job is called heat officer. We have now become heated..."
