Nurul demands fresh DUCSU polls
A day after the meeting with prime minister Sheikh Hasina, DUCSU VP-elect Nurul Haq Nur on Sunday demanded fresh polls to all the posts of Dhaka University Central Students' Union and its hall unions, bringing allegations of vote rigging and irregularities, reports UNB.
He also demanded resignation of the incumbent officials involved in the DUCSU elections and arranging the fresh polls under the supervision of new officials.
Nurul came up with the demands newly at a press conference held at the Madhur Canteen on the campus around 6:00pm.
He also announced that they will boycott all academic activities of the university and hold a protest rally at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture at 11:00am on Monday.
"I won't take charge as the VP if students don't want. The prime minister is the head of the government. That's why, I went to Ganabhaban as she invited us," said the DUCSU VP-elect.
Meanwhile, activists of Pragatisheel Chhatra Jote, an alliance of left-leaning student organisations, also demanded DUCSU fresh polls.
At a separate press conference at the same venue, Liton Nandi, general secretary of Chhatra Union who contested the election for DUCSU VP post, said, "It has been proved to all that the elections were not free and fair. Students couldn't cast their votes. So, we're demanding fresh polls."
On Saturday, newly elected DUCSU leaders, including Nurul, met prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban when she urged them to help revive healthy politics in the country.
Nurul demands fresh DUCSU polls
Prothom Alo English Desk
A day after the meeting with prime minister Sheikh Hasina, DUCSU VP-elect Nurul Haq Nur on Sunday demanded fresh polls to all the posts of Dhaka University Central Students' Union and its hall unions, bringing allegations of vote rigging and irregularities, reports UNB.
He also demanded resignation of the incumbent officials involved in the DUCSU elections and arranging the fresh polls under the supervision of new officials.
Nurul came up with the demands newly at a press conference held at the Madhur Canteen on the campus around 6:00pm.
He also announced that they will boycott all academic activities of the university and hold a protest rally at the foot of Raju Memorial Sculpture at 11:00am on Monday.
"I won't take charge as the VP if students don't want. The prime minister is the head of the government. That's why, I went to Ganabhaban as she invited us," said the DUCSU VP-elect.
Meanwhile, activists of Pragatisheel Chhatra Jote, an alliance of left-leaning student organisations, also demanded DUCSU fresh polls.
At a separate press conference at the same venue, Liton Nandi, general secretary of Chhatra Union who contested the election for DUCSU VP post, said, "It has been proved to all that the elections were not free and fair. Students couldn't cast their votes. So, we're demanding fresh polls."
On Saturday, newly elected DUCSU leaders, including Nurul, met prime minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban when she urged them to help revive healthy politics in the country.