Shibir-backed Panel Wins Ducsu VP, GS, OGS

Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidate Abu Shadik Kayem has been elected vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu)

SM Farhad, a candidate from the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Oikkoboddho Shikkharthi Jote, won the post of general secretary of Ducsu.

The results were declared from the Senate Bhaban of the Dhaka University.

Shadik won 14,042 votes while his nearest candidate Abidul Islam Khan, from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel, got 5,708.

Besides, independent VP candidate Umama Fatema got 3,389 votes.

GS candidate Farhad got 10,794 votes.

Thousands of Dhaka University students cast their votes in the Ducsu and hall union elections, held yesterday amid festivity and excitement following a six-year hiatus.

Both Shadik and Farhad contested the polls under "Oikyaboddho Shikkharthi Jote" panel. Shadik was immediate past president of Shibir's DU unit while Farhad currently holds the post.

Meanwhile, Abidul and Umama have already rejected the Ducsu election.