JnU Shibir branch reveals itself by protesting news item

After Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University and Chittagong University, the Jagannath University branch of Chhatra Shibir has been revealed.

On Friday (October 11), the organization issued a statement on a Facebook page called ‍‍`Chhatrashibir Jagannath University‍‍` titled ‍‍`Statement against the spread of false information in daily newspaper‍‍`.

According to related sources, the president of the Jagannath University branch Chhatrashibir is Md. Iqbal Hossain. He is a student of 2014-15 academic year of Mathematics Department. The secretary is Asadul Islam, a student of the History Department of 2016-17 academic year and their publicity editor is Ibrahim Ali, a student of the 2018-19 academic year of the Department of Political Science.

Md. Iqbal Hossain said, “The alleged journalist of Jagannath University has spread false propaganda and false news against Chhatrashibir. It is a gross lie that ordinary students have been tagged as Shibir by being associated with Chhatra League. We strongly condemn these lies.”

Asadul Islam said, “Chhatrashibir has been given various tags for a long time. In spite of that, the work of Chhatrashibir never stopped. Chhatrashibir were in the past, still are and will be in the future too, Inshallah."

However, when asked about the full committee, the president of the Jagannath University branch Chhatrashibir Md. Iqbal Hossain said, “No decision has been taken on this matter yet, it will be informed later.”

It is known that a news was published on October 10 in ‍‍`Dainik Sangbad‍‍` newspaper claiming that the social, cultural and journalist organizations of Jagannath University (JnU) are run by Chhatrashibir.

Apart from the Jamaat ‍‍`s student wing, other organizations protesting separately against the news item are Jagannath University Cultural Centre, Jagannath University Abritti Sangsad, Jagannath University Band Association, Jagannath University Rover Scout Group, Jagannath University BNCC, Jagannath University Photographic Society, Jagannath University Mime Society, Jagannath University Rangbhumi, Jagannath University Flim Club and Film Sangsad, Jagannath University IT Society, Human Rights Society, Jagannath University Reform Movement, Badhan, Jagannath University Journalist Association and Jagannath University Press Club.

The Shibir leaders claimed that these organizations have no connection with Chhatrashibir and have been misrepresented in the news.