The BUET students have claimed that their demonstration was not against the observance of the National Mourning Day, rather it was to hold the authorities accountable over their permission to arrange it by a group of former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders.
A section of general students of BUET came up with these remarks on Sunday afternoon at a press briefing on the BUET campus.
At the press conference, they said all BUET students irrespective of caste, creed and political identities are inspired by the ideology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. So, Saturday's demonstration wasn’t against the mourning day by any way.
From the press conference, it was announced that a prayer event and discussion will be held on Monday at around 5:00pm at BUET cafeteria at the initiative of general students to mark the national mourning day.
The main goal of demonstration is to hold the authorities accountable for permitting a programme under the banner of political students' organisation, though all political activities were banned on the BUET campus on 11 October 2019.
