CUCSU election to be held tomorrow

The election will form a 26-member central student council for a one-year term, alongside councils for 14 halls and one hostel.

Moreover, five nominated CUCSU members will represent students in the university’s highest policy-making body senate.

The university authorities have already completed all preparations, including four-tier security arrangements and the presence of magistrates.

Voting will take place across five faculties in 60 classrooms with 700 booths. Shuttle trains and buses have been arranged for students’ campus commute while all polling centres have been brought under CCTV surveillance.

The election campaign concluded at midnight on Monday and preparations for voting are now underway.

Some candidates expressed satisfaction with the overall arrangements, with others raising concerns, though they remain hopeful that the administration will ensure a smooth and orderly election.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) commander Lt. Col Mohammad Hafiz Uddin said that eight plainclothes teams will remain deployed on the campus to monitor the overall security situation.

CU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr. Muhammad Yeahia Akhter urged students to participate actively and help conduct the election in a festive, disciplined manner.

This seventh CUCSU election involves 27,516 voters and 908 candidates, including 415 contesting the 26 central council seats through 13 panels and independent nominations.

Each voter will cast five ballots for the central council and for 40 candidates in the hall unions. The last CUCSU election took place on February 8, 1990, when the All-Party Student Unity defeated Chhatra Shibir, reports UNB.