After DUCSU triumph, Shibir flexes dominance in JUCSU polls

After their stunning win in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) polls, Islami Chhatra Shibir has repeated the trick at Jahangirnagar University’s Central Students’ Union (JUCSU), clinching a majority of the key posts in the student body, including general secretary. But a clean sweep of all top posts by Shibir was halted by independent candidate Abdur Rasid Zitu, who won the race for vice-president (VP), while Shibir’s Mazharul Islam emerged as general secretary (GS). Chief Election Commissioner Prof Md Maniruzzaman announced the results from the university’s Senate Hall on Saturday after a marathon vote-counting process that stretched more than 45 hours. Zitu, a student of the Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, is a former central coordinator of the...