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SHOHANUR RAHMAN RAFI and NUR AHSAN MRIDUL

Campaigns for the Rajshahi University Central Students’ Union (Rucsu), hall union, and Senate elections ended at midnight today across the Rajshahi University campus.

Candidates from different panels were seen making a last-minute push to reach as many voters as possible on the final day of electioneering yesterday.

Mir Kadir, an independent candidate for the Rucsu media and publication secretary post, said he printed 4,000 leaflets yesterday to reach students on the last day.

“There has been a long gap due to earlier postponement, and people might have forgotten everything. So, I am trying to make sure they remember my ballot number,” he said.

Salauddin Ammar, a general secretary candidate from the “Adhipottya Birodhi Oikko” panel, was seen campaigning around the Paribahan Chattar area.

The panel’s executive member candidate Habib Himel addressed a press conference at the same venue, refuting rumours that some members of his panel were connected to the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Bangladesh Ganotantrik Chhatra Sangsad (BGCS).

At another press conference, Zahin Biswas Esha, assistant general secretary candidate from the “Oikyoboddho Notun Projonmo” panel, received open support from independent AGS candidate Fazle Rabbi.

Meanwhile, Mehedi Maruf, vice-presidential candidate from the “Rucsu for Radical Change” panel, criticised the election commission’s actions to confiscate food intended for On

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