& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

DUCSU poll date may be shifted

By DU Correspondent
The date of elections to the Dhaka University Centra) Students Union (DUCSU) and the hall students unions is likely to be shifted
Leaders of various student organisations, including BNP backed Jatiyatabadl Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Awami League-backed Chhatra League (BCL) called on Vice Chancellor Prof Moniruzzaman Mia Friday to pursue him to this effect. The student leaders argued in favour of their decision that the campus situation was not congenial at present for holding elections. Moreover, they
could not take adequate preparation* for the elections due to shortage of time, they told the Vice-Chancellor.
They also urged the Vice-Chancellor to consider the Syndicate decision of June 17. which barred the irregular student* from contesting the DUCSU polls
The student leaders also submitted an application to the Vice-Chancellor requesting him to shift the date of DUCSU poUs It was signed by. among others, leaders of BNP-backed Jatiyatabadl Chhaira Dal fJCD). Awami League-backed
Bangladesh Chhatra League (S-A). JSD (Inu) backed Bangladesh Chhatra League (N S). BKSAL backed Jatiya Chhatra League and CPB-backed Bangladesh Chhatra Union.
The Vice-Chancellor agreed to the proposal of the student leaders saying, if all student organisations wanted to shift the date of DUCSU elections he had nothing to disagree.
Meanwhile, as the news spread among the campus »tu dents, some of the leading members of JCD tried to drive home a different opinion despite the fact that JCD leader and DUCSU Assistant General Secretary Nazimuddin Alam was one of the signatories to the application seeking shift ing of the elections date.
Sources said. Nazimuddin Alam, later had to face those leaders of his organisation, who then met the Vice-Chancellor to inform him of their stand of holding the election on schedule.
The Vice-Chancellor assured them also that if any student organisation differed with the content of the application. the date of DUCSU election, would not be shifted.
JCD. later held a rally In front of the TSC protesting the attempt to shift the date of DUCSU election. The rally, addressed by Khairul Kabir Khokon. Fazlul Huq Milon Nazimuddin Alam. Habibunnabi Sohel and AH Akkas Nadim, said the conspiracy to foil the DUCSU polls was still there. They pledged to hold the
ejection on schedule and said any attempt to foil the election would be restated unitedly.
According to the election schedule, intending candidates will have to submit their nomination papers today by 12 am.
Another main reason for shifting the election date as mentioned
by different sources is : Most of the prospective candidates from different student groups may not be able to contest the July 31 DUCSU and hall union polls following a ban by the DU Syndicate on participation of the irregular students, through amending the DUCSU and Hall Union constitutions.
The Syndicate, the highest policy making body of the university. issued the ban after amending the DUCSU and Hall Union constitutions at a meeting on July 17 following a proposal of Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA).
The amendment stipulates that only the regular students will be eligible to be voter and contest the elections.