The Dhaka University authorities has scheduled the first meeting of elected leader of its central students’ union (DUCSU) and hall unions.
A meeting of the provost committee on Monday (Mar 18) chaired by Vice-Chancellor Md Akhteruzzaman, also the ex-officio DUCSU president, has set Mar 23 for the executive meeting.
“The provost committee has agreed to set Mar 23 for the first executive meeting of DUCSU,” Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, a member of the provost committee, told Bangla Tribune.
The ruling Awami League’s student affiliate Bangladesh Chhatra League or BCL won 23 of the 25 posts in the DUCSU and most seats in the hall unions, except those in the female halls, in the elections.
The new DUCSU leaders met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday (Mar 16) when she asked them to forget differences and work together for the welfare of students.
Earlier on Monday, students who boycotted the elections for alleged vote rigging and irregularities staged a sit-in outside the VC’s office demanding that the authorities hold fresh polls after removing those involved in the Mar 11 elections.
Newly elected DUCSU Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur expressed solidarity with the protesters but said he would take charge if the general students want him to continue protests as the VP.
He defended the demand for fresh polls after promising Hasina to cooperate with her government saying he “lost concentration” by seeing many BCL leaders at the Ganabhaban.