In a joint statement, the Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council, Rucsu Andolon Mancha, and RU Students Federation have issued the 24-hour ultimatum yesterday. In the protest statement, they also condemned the incident of chanting ‘Jai Hind’, a slogan that denotes ‘Victory to India’ or ‘Long live India’ and was widely used during ‘Undivided India’s freedom movement from the British rule. Therefore, we demand unconditional apology to the nation from him,” the statement said. Condemning the VC's controversial remark, the students of Rajshahi University lodged their protest in the strongest possible terms, and demanded immediate and unreserved apology to the nation. He pitched the slogan Jai Hind following the utterance of Jai Bangla, Jai Bangabandhu.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2019 16:52 UTC