Teachers’ Network says DUCSU polls ‘acceptable’ despite management ‘flaws’

Dhaka University’s long-awaited student union election has been marred by poor management and scattered irregularities, but not to the extent of being deemed unacceptable, a group of teachers has said. The Teachers’ Network, which observed Tuesday’s Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) polls, gave its preliminary assessment at a briefing at the Senate Building in the evening. Prof Samina Luthfa of the sociology department, one of the organisers of the network, presented their findings. “There was mismanagement throughout the election. Information gaps created confusion, and we did not always get decisions in a transparent manner,” she said. Samina cited irregularities in issuing passes for polling agents, noting that not all candidates or panels were adequately represented and some approvals arrived...