Friday's Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) rally turned the Dhaka University campus into a messy ‘bus stand’ as all the activists who came to join the rally from across the country hiring buses and microbuses chose to park on the campus.
From the very morning, leaders and activists were seen to come to the University area as the BCL rally was organized at the adjacent Suhrawardy Uddyan.
The vehicles were parked on the sports ground of the Kabi Jashimuddin Hall, sports ground of Muhsin Hall and on the roads everywhere without taking any kind of permission from the DU authority and the people’s gathering made a worsening situation to move freely across the campus.
On the other hand, BCL leaders and activists who came from outside, were seen gathering the hall canteens. Moreover, some of the DU BCL leaders evacuated students from 'gono room' and let outsiders stay at the hall.
Due to this extra pressure of outsiders, there was a shortage in cooked foods in almost every male hall and the students who went a little bit late, were not able to buy lunch from the canteens.