Staff Reporter:
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday congratulated the winners of Dha-ka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections.
“I would like to personally congratulate those who have won in the Ducsu elections, as this is the norm of democracy. Since the elections were held after many years, there were some flaws,” he said while addressing the 47th founding anniversary of Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal at the Institution of Diploma Engi-neers, Bangladesh.
Referring to media reports, Salahuddin said it has been reported that a Shibir-backed panel has won the Ducsu polls. “I want to tell my journalist friends that, to my knowledge, Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir did not take part in this Ducsu election and no panel contested under its name or banner. Then why is it being reported this way in newspapers and other media? That is the question.”
The BNP leader said their student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal contested the Ducsu election under its own name and banner.
He said other parties, including Islami Andolon Bangladesh, also took part under their names, while some groups contested as Independent Student Unity, Integrated Student Union, Students Against Dis-crimination Union, eaten ’71, and Undaunted ’24.
He said those who chose not to contest under their own names must have had their own motives. “The panel that has won is ‘Oikyoboddho Shikkharthi Jote’. I would once again like to personally congratu-late those who were victorious under that banner.”
For the first time in the history of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) elections, the Is-lami Chhatra Shibir-backed ‘Oikyoboddho Shikkharthi Jote’ (United Students’ Alliance) won, securing 23 out of 28 posts.
Panels of Chhatra Dal and Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad did not win a single post. Shibir-backed candi-date Shadik Kayem was elected VP with 14,042 votes, while his nearest rival, Chhatra Dal’s Abidul Is-lam Khan, polled 5,708 votes.
