50K Student affiliates of Sheikh Hasina's party now in hiding

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League (AL) party, ruled over Bangladesh for over 15 years before she was ousted and forced to flee following a student-led movement in August.

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Today, they find themselves in hiding and at the receiving end of the interim government's action.

At least 50,000 affiliates of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, are now struggling to continue their tertiary education, a report by Al Jazeera stated. On October 23, the leader of the Bangladeshi interim government led by Muhammad Yunus banned BCL, terming it a "terrorist organisation". According to Bangladesh's Home Ministry, the BCL had a history of serious misconduct over the past 15 years, including violence, harassment and exploitation of public resources, Al Jazeera reported.

"Not long ago, I was a voice of authority here," an undergraduate student of applied chemistry told Al Jazeera. "Now, I am running around like a fugitive with no probable future."