Pro-Awami League 'Blue Panel' sweeps DUTA polls

Awami League backed teachers under "Blue Panel" today swept Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) election, bagging 14 out of 15 executive committee posts, including all key positions, reports BSS.

Blue panel's professor Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan of Food and Nutrition Sciences Institute has been elected as DUTA president while Zeenat Huda of Sociology department as general secretary.

Professor Lutfor Rahaman of Statistics department is the only person elected as vice president from the pro-BNP "White panel".

Professor Nizamul bagged 819 votes while his rival professor ABM Obaidul Islam from White Panel secured 384 votes. Professor Zeenat bagged 712 votes while White Panel's professor Md Siddkur Rahman Khan of the White panel with 581 votes.

Professor M Masud Rahman of finance department and Abu Khaled Mohammad Khademul Haque of Islamic History and Culture department were elected treasurer and joint-secretary respectively.

Nine executive members elected from the "Blue" panel are Md Ziaur Rahman, AGM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Mohammad Amzad Ali, Chandra Nath Podder, Professor Sharmin Musa, professor Md Kamrul Hasan, Sharif Akhtaruzzaman, AKM Saiful Islam khan, Md Maksudur Rahman and professor Md Ali Akkas.

The chief election commissioner professor Sitesh C Bachar announced the result at Dhaka University Club this afternoon.

Earlier, the voting was held from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the teacher's club on the campus.