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Bin Yamin Mollah, vice-president candidate from the “Ducsu for Change” panel backed by Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, has said he is contesting the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election to free the campus from the grip of muscle power.

In an interview with The Daily Star, the parishad president said he realised the dominance of muscle power soon after enrolling at the university. “That is the main reason I am running, to liberate this university from such control and lead it towards academic excellence. I have always been with students in their movements and even served time for protesting for the sake of the country. Students know they will always find me by their side.”

Bin Yamin said “no dirty politics, no violence, making Ducsu for academic excellence” will be at the core of his term in Ducsu

His priority will be solving students’ problems and ensuring their rights. “My target is ‘one student, one bed, one table’. This will help end the accommodation crisis and guarantee a proper environment for them.”

He also pledged to address food and transport issues, modernise the registrar building into a The He

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