Different panels that contested in the DUCSU elections had announced the protest programmes demanding fresh polls alleging the Mar 11 elections were rigged and hit by irregularities. Besides them, leaders of its Dhaka units also attended the Ganabhaban meeting, according to Nur. On Sunday, he tried to explain his comments at the Ganabhaban, “DUCSU election is an issue of Dhaka University, not the government. Announcing the protest programmes at the same venue earlier in the day, Liton Nandi, the VP candidate of the leftist students’ panel, criticised Nur for his comments at the Ganabhaban. Arani Semonti Khan, the VP candidate of a panel of independents, announced similar protest programmes on behalf of four panels of candidates after Nur left the Madhu’s Canteen.

Source: bd News24 March 17, 2019 16:30 UTC