Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader will sit down with the anti-quota demonstrators on Monday morning.
Joint Secretary of Awami League Jahangir Kabir Nanak MP spoke to the press around 1:45am on Monday at Shahbagh as violent clashes were going on in the Dhaka University area.
He told the reporters that the quota system has been going on for a long time. The government are aware of the matter. Under the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Kader will sit at 11 am on Monday.
More than 50 people were injured and at least 15 students with major injuries admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital during in clashes between police and students who have been demanding reformation of the existing quota system in government recruitment tests, at Shahbagh and Dhaka University (DU) areas.
On 17 February, students and job seekers started the movement to press for their five-point demand that include introduction of unified age limit in government jobs, review of quota system in government recruitment process, including Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination, stopping taking benefit by job seekers under the same quota, filling vacant posts from merit list if the candidates from quota are not found and fixation of 10 per cent quota instead of existing 56 per cent.