Dhaka (Bangladesh) – The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has ordered a reduction in the percentage of reservation in Government jobs. The Court has reduced the reservation from 56% to only 7%. In this, 5 % reservation is to be given to the families of freedom fighters, while the remaining 2% reservation is to the minorities, transgender and physically challenged. The Court has clarified in the order, that 93% of the jobs will be provided based on merit only. In Bangladesh, 115 persons died due to violent protests against the reservation in the last few days. Due to this, a curfew has been imposed in the country. The army has been deployed too.
Bangladesh Supreme Court scraps most quotas; veterans’ quota be cut to 5 percent, 93 percent of jobs to be allocated on merit !
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The prior decision of Bangladesh’s High Court led to nation wide clashes and the death of at least 133… pic.twitter.com/eEMocQ1v64
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