JUCSU polls close with Chhatra Dal boycott, allegations of chaos, irregularities

Voting for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union and hall councils has ended, overshadowed by allegations of irregularities, disorder and a boycott by the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. Voting began across 21 halls at 9am on Thursday and closed at 5pm without any major outbreaks of violence. On a campus of nearly 12,000 students, polling started slowly but turnout grew as the day progressed. Heavy rain later in the afternoon left non-residential students struggling to cast their votes, while residential students faced no such difficulty. A total of 177 candidates are contesting for 25 posts in the central council, with 445 vying for hall positions. One of the earliest reported irregularities occurred in the Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall, where...