VP candidate Shadik Kayem enters DUCSU vote counting room, sparks backlash

Amid allegations of bias in favour of Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed candidates in the DUCSU elections, photos have surfaced showing VP candidate Shadik Kayem inside a vote counting room. Images posted on social media on Tuesday drew criticism from rival candidates as vote counting began. Jabir Ahmed Jubel, AGS candidate from the left-backed “Protirodh Parshad” panel, shared two photos of Kayem and member candidate Raihan Uddin inside the DU Club counting room. He wrote that no candidate is allowed there, yet both entered, raising “a serious question”. Member candidate Mishkatul Mashiat also shared a photo, asking: “Where does Shibir get the audacity to think themselves above all rules?” “I went there around 5pm, I stayed for a minute at most. JCD...