I don’t want to win DUCSU, just want to survive: Quader

In a dramatic and emotionally charged Facebook post, Abdul Quader, the Vice President candidate of the Anti-Discrimination Student Union panel backed by the Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad (Bagchhas), has said he no longer seeks victory in the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections, but only survival. “I don’t need to win in DUCSU. I just want to survive,” Quader wrote in a post around 3:00pm on Thursday, appealing to the public for what he described as “just this much kindness.” His statement has ignited a political firestorm, drawing attention to what opposition student groups and rights activists are calling a climate of intimidation and targeted harassment in the lead-up to the long-delayed student union polls. Quader, whose panel...