Apparently after a long time of built up frustration people (mostly students) are finally getting out on the streets to protest against the ‘quota system’, but Google really doesn’t help at all explaining what the hell that is.
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People who fought in their war of independence were labeled as freedom fighters.
The families of freedom fighters get first pick for jobs they apply for… I think it’s mostly government jobs. This is the “quota” system. Descendants of freedom fighters get these jobs first.
This puts non-freedom fighter family lines on the back burner. It also doesn’t help that government jobs (like the police) are among those jobs freedom fighter families will get.
So the people in charge of cracking down on the protests are the people who are most prone to being offended by the protests and wanting them erased to begin with.
There is a requirement that a large % (about a third) of government jobs (which are some of the most desirable being office jobs with relatively secure pay) are reserved for the relatives of those who fought in the War of Independence in 1971.
In addition to the quota system existing, there’s also the spectre of corruption in people who may not strictly qualify for it but are able to receive the designation and benefits anyways.
Answer: Government jobs in Bangladesh are highly prestigious and lucrative. In the current quota system 30% of government jobs are reserved for family and descendants of those who took part in the Bangladeshi Liberation War. Students are protesting perceived unjust prioritizations over events 3 generations back
In addition to the general unfairness, family and descendants of the veterans are very likely to be apart of the current party in power, the AL. The AL was one of the major players in Bangladeshes’s independence. The AL has been criticized and characterized as authoritarian, so corruption accusations are apart of the protests too
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