Shibir calls for OMR ballots in RUCSU election, counters Chhatra Dal’s demands

The Islami Chhatra Shibir has demanded voting through OMR machines in the RUCSU elections, countering the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s call for manual vote counting. On Wednesday afternoon, Chhatra Dal presented six demands, including the manual counting of votes, in front of the RUCSU Treasurer’s Office. The Shibir-backed Sammilito Shikkharthi Jote panel later presented a seven-point demand in the form of a memorandum to the chief election commissioner. The demands include ensuring full access and responsibility for polling agents, issuing separate IDs for journalists, allowing only administration-approved journalists into polling stations, providing manual vote counting if any candidate raises technical concerns, installing CCTV cameras in all polling stations, and barring public entry into the campus on election day. In response to...