Comilla University students began their protest from the university campus as part of the nationwide Bangla Blockade programme. Besides Comilla University, students from Comilla Victoria Government College, National University-affiliated colleges, private universities, and medical colleges in Cumilla district demonstrated against quotas. The procession later escalated into a highway blockade at Kotbari Bishwaroad. The blockade caused severe traffic congestion on both sides of the highway, while students chanted anti-quota slogans and some sat or lay on the road.