BCL clinches 23 out of 25 DUCSU posts

In a dramatic upset, quota reform leader, Nurul Haq Nur, won the post of DUCSU vice-president, while the ruling party's student organisation, the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), bagged 23 out of 25 posts in the elections held on Monday. Md Akhtaruzzaman, Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University, announced the results at the Senate Building at 3:20am on Tuesday.

The news of Nur's victory came as a surprise for all panels that had fought the polls. On Monday, all panels, barring the BCL, had boycotted the elections halfway through the polling time, alleging widespread rigging and irregularities. Nur secured 11,062 votes, beating the BCL's central unit president, Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon, by 1,933 votes. Besides, general secretary-elect Golam Rabbani got 10,484 votes, while his nearest opposition quota protest leader, Rashed Khan, got 6,063 votes. Saddam Hossain bagged 15,301 votes for assistant general secretary’s post, beating quota reform panel’s Faruq Hossain by 9,405 votes.

Akhtar Hossain of Nur’s panel secured 9,190 votes for the social welfare secretary’s post, while his nearest candidate from the BCL panel, Azizul Haque, got 6,018 votes.  The BCL won 23 other posts out of 25 in the central union.

The winners of the BCL in the central union include Sad Bin Quader (Liberation War affairs secretary), Arif Ibne Ali (science and technology affairs secretary), BM Lipi Akter (common-room and cafeteria affairs secretary), Shahrima Tanzina Orni (international affairs secretary), Mazharul Kabir Shoyon (literary affairs secretary), Asif Talukder (cultural affairs secretary), Shakil Ahmed Tanvir (sports secretary), and Shams E Noman (student transport secretary). The DUCSU members elected from the BCL are Chibol Sangma, Rakibul Islam Oitihya , Tanvir Hasan Saikat, Tilottoma Shikder, Nipu Islam Tonni, Raisa Naser, Sabrina Iti, Rakibul Hasan Rakib, Nazrul Islam, Farida Parveen, Mahmudul Hasan, Saiful Islam Rasel and Md Rafiqul Islam Sabuj.

Besides, some independent candidates won some posts in the hall union election. In the DUCSU elections, over 43,256 voters got registered to elect 25 leaders of the central committee and 13 each of 18 hall unions through voting from 8am to 2pm.

Of them, 26,964 were male and 16,292 female. As many as 229 contested for 25 posts in the central union and 509 for 13 in each of the hall unions. The DUCSU and hall union elections were held after nearly three decades. The polls were last held in 1990.

 

 

BCL clinches 23 out of 25 DUCSU posts

In a dramatic upset, quota reform leader, Nurul Haq Nur, won the post of DUCSU vice-president, while the ruling partys student organisation, the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), bagged 23 out of 25 posts in the elections held on Monday. Md Akhtaruzzaman, Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University, announced the results at the Senate Building at 3:20am on Tuesday. The news of Nurs victory came as a surprise for all panels that had fought the polls. On Monday, all panels, barring the BCL, had boycotted the elections halfway through the polling time, alleging widespread rigging and irregularities. Nur secured 11,062 votes, beating the BCLs central unit president, Rezwanul Haque Chowdhury Shovon, by 1,933 votes. Besides, general secretary-elect Golam Rabbani got 10,484 votes, while his nearest opposition quota protest leader, Rashed Khan, got 6,063 votes. Saddam Hossain bagged 15,301 votes for assistant general secretarys post, beating quota reform panels Faruq Hossain by 9,405 votes. Akhtar Hossain of Nurs panel secured 9,190 votes for the social welfare secretarys post, while his nearest candidate from the BCL panel, Azizul Haque, got 6,018 votes. The BCL won 23 other posts out of 25 in the central union. The winners of the BCL in the central union include Sad Bin Quader (Liberation War affairs secretary), Arif Ibne Ali (science and technology affairs secretary), BM Lipi Akter (common-room and cafeteria affairs secretary), Shahrima Tanzina Orni (international affairs secretary), Mazharul Kabir Shoyon (literary affairs secretary), Asif Talukder (cultural affairs secretary), Shakil Ahmed Tanvir (sports secretary), and Shams E Noman (student transport secretary). The DUCSU members elected from the BCL are Chibol Sangma, Rakibul Islam Oitihya , Tanvir Hasan Saikat, Tilottoma Shikder, Nipu Islam Tonni, Raisa Naser, Sabrina Iti, Rakibul Hasan Rakib, Nazrul Islam, Farida Parveen, Mahmudul Hasan, Saiful Islam Rasel and Md Rafiqul Islam Sabuj. Besides, some independent candidates won some posts in the hall union election. In the DUCSU elections, over 43,256 voters got registered to elect 25 leaders of the central committee and 13 each of 18 hall unions through voting from 8am to 2pm. Of them, 26,964 were male and 16,292 female. As many as 229 contested for 25 posts in the central union and 509 for 13 in each of the hall unions. The DUCSU and hall union elections were held after nearly three decades. The polls were last held in 1990.