The road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that if they met with the protesting students against the quota system then it would be a sub judice.

‘If we meet them it will be out of the law,’ he said.

At a press briefing held at the ruling Awami League’s party office in the capital, the party general secretary Obaidul also said that he could not make comments  that whether the students’ demand was rational.

‘Before the verdict of the Appellate Division I will not make any comment on the issue,’ he continued.

He also said that a vested quarter was trying to take the advantages of this protest.

Thousands of students agitating for quota system reform in government jobs in the capital and elsewhere across the country vowed on Friday to resist attacks and overcome obstacles created to foil their peaceful protests.

Students continued demonstrations for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, slamming Thursday’s attacks by the police and ruling Awami League student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League at several places.