Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- Many are interested in banning student politics in Universities at this point in time. Anyone supporting student politics is seen as allies of the BUET killers. Such has been the public reaction to the killing that they have all been judged guilty and sentenced to death in the court of public opinion. Student politics has never been as unpopular as it is now.

Yet there was a time when student politics and its practitioners were not just heroes but looked upon a saviors of society, During the 1969 to 1971 phase, people would even crowd the then Iqbal Hall and (now Zahrul Haq hall) looking for protection and support. Had anyone suggested banning student politics then, the person would have been lynched. Since then much wa...