RU CORRESPONDENT

Chhatra Odhikar Parishad and Bangladesh Chhatra Federation yesterday announced a panel jointly under the banner of “Rucsu for Radical Change” to contest the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsu) election, scheduled for September 25.

The announcement was made at a press conference in front of the Rucsu building yesterday afternoon. Aman Ullah Aman, member secretary of Andolon Moncho, declared the panel on behalf of the alliance. Andolon Moncho is an organisation that has long been advocating for the Rucsu polls.

The top three nominations include Mehedi Hasan Maruf (2020-21 session) for vice-president (VP), Afrin Jahan (2018-19 session) for general secretary (GS), and Al Shahriar Shuvo (2021-22 session) for assistant general secretary (AGS).

Currently, Maruf serves as president of the university unit of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, while Shuvo is the general secretary of the same unit of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad and Afrin, a women’s rights activist, is the former president of Uttoron Pathok O Lekhok Sutikagar.

Other nominated candidates include Mehedi Hasan Masum as sports secretary, Riduanul Haque Imon as assistant sports secretary, Ratul Mahmud as cultural secretary, Mubtasin Fuad Dhrubo as assistant cultural secretary, Abida Akter Laboni as women’s secretary, Gazi Farhan Labib as assistant information and research secretary, Mahmudul Hasan as assistant media and publications secretary, Juhaiym Tamim as science and technology secretary, Zubair Hasan as assistant science and technology secretary, Ramzanul Mobarak as debate and literature secretary, Nazmul Islam as assistant debate and literature secretary, and Akhtar Hossain as assistant environment and social services secretary.