DUCSU polls candidates begin campaign
Published: 4 March 2019, 01:46 PM
The candidates in Dhaka Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union polls started their campaigning in the campus on Monday as the polls will be held on March 11.
Pragatashil Chhatra Jote and Samrajjobadbirodhi Chhatra Oikkyo-backed left panel is conducting their campaigning at Arts building, central library and TSC areas.
Besides, individual candidates, individual alliance, Swadhikar Swatantra Parishad, Chattra League, Jasod Chattra League, Chhatra Maitreee, quota reform movement candidates are also campaigning in the campus.
Earlier, DU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Aktaruzzaman addressed to the concerned people including the voters and the candidates at a programme held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Auditorium at 11 am.
DUCSU elections was held 36 times after its inception during the 1922-1923 sessions. But, the student parliament election came to a stop after the fall of HM Ershad’s dictatorship in 1990.
DUCSU was formed in 1924 after the establishment of Dhaka University in 1921, and its first vice-president was nominated in the 1924-25 academic session.
The latest DUCSU elections were held in 1990. It was the sixth election after the independence of Bangladesh.
