Chhatra Dal, two other groups demand manual ballot counting in RUCSU elections

Three organisations, including the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, have presented a list of 12 demands, including manual counting of votes in the Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU), Senate student representative, and hall elections. On Saturday, Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad President Mehedi Hasan Maruf presented the demands at the university premises. Maruf is contesting the vice-president post from the panel named “RUCSU for Radical Change”, a joint effort of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad and Students Federation of Bangladesh. Sheikh Nur Uddin Abir, the Chhatra Dal-backed VP candidate, read out a statement at the press briefing. The demands call for transparent ballot boxes, opening the boxes before journalists and candidates’ agents at the start of voting, providing high-quality indelible ink for voters, publication...