BSS-32 DUCSU-NUR-DILEMMA-TWO-LAST-DHAKA

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DUCSU-NUR-DILEMMA-TWO-LAST-DHAKA

Earlier, Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, an alliance of left leaning students’
bodies, held a press conference at the Madhu’s Canteen on the campus around
12 noon but other four panels, who were under a single banner in their
demands for reelection of the Ducsu and hall union polls, were absent.

Leaders of other panels, who staged demonstration and put programmes
together since the polling day, were seen roaming around the Madhu’s canteen
but they did not join the press conference.

“We have difference in opinion in some issues. That is why we Pragatishil
Chhatra Jote is holding the press conference singly to press home our
demands. Other panels will express their opinions after holding discussions
among themselves,” Liton Nandi, general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra
Union, told the press conference.

Liton, who became popular for his ‘protest’ against harassment against
women in Pohela Boishakh festival in 2015, failed to capitalize on his
popularity as he secured only 1,216 votes out of total cast 25,031 votes in
vice-president posts.

On the other hand, VP-elect Nurul Haque got 11,062 votes while his nearest
contestant of BCL Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon secured 9,129 votes and
independent candidate Arani Semanti Khan got 2,676 votes.

Other two candidates – – general secretary and assistant general secretary
– – of the leftist alliance Faisal Mahmud Suman and Sadekul Islam secured
only 247 and 284 votes respectively. On the other hand GS-elect BCL
contestant Golam Rabbani bagged 10,484 votes and his nearest contestant Quota
reformists’ leader Rashed Khan bagged 6,063 votes and ex-journalist Asifur
Rahman secured 4,628 votes. In AGS posts, Md Saddam Hussain bagged highest
15,301 votes while nearest contestant Quota reformists leader Md Faruk
Hossain bagged 5,896 votes.

Under the circumstances, it seemed the leftists students alliance, whose
predecessors were highest in numbers to represent the students in DUCSU and
hall unions, received their one of the most humiliating and massive defeat
this time in the history of the Ducsu polls, according to former leaders of
left-leaning students’ bodies.

However, the left alliance today placed their five-point demands including
cancellation of the polls’ results and boycott of examinations and classes
from tomorrow.

Leaders of the alliance said they would bring out a rally from Raju
sculpture and march towards the DU vice-chancellor’s office to press home
their demands.

Asifur Rahman, who bagged third highest number of votes in the Ducsu polls
as GS candidate, said he has support with the leftist alliance but he was not
present in the press conference.

Apart from BCL, all the panels have been demanding reelection of the Ducsu
and hall union polls raising allegations of irregularities and vote rigging
since the polling day.

BSS/SPL/MMN-MKD/RY/1955 hrs